4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY BASE MODEL · 1970–81
BASE MODELJapan

LJ10, LJ20, LJ50 and LJ80 (1970–81)

The first Jimny: the LJ10 of April 1970, a kei-class 4x4 developed from the HopeStar ON360 that Suzuki bought when Hope Motor Company failed (about 45 had been built), with a 359 cc air-cooled two-stroke twin, a ladder frame, leaf springs and a two-speed transfer case; the LJ20 of 1972, the 539 cc LJ50 of 1975 and the 797 cc four-stroke LJ80 of 1977 followed, the last sold in Europe and Australia as the LJ80 and Stockman.

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Sources & evidence
LJ10, LJ20, LJ50 and LJ80 (1970–81) — suzuki lj80 adalah salah satu transportasi yang sekarang banyak di jumpai di tempat wisata untuk menarik wisatawan dengan cara berkeliling di tempat tersebut. mAndreanrama · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
MODEL LINELJ, SJ and JimnyBUILT BYSuzuki, Kosai, ShizuokaPRODUCED1970–81PRODUCTIONNot published by generationLAYOUT4 wheels · 76.4″

The record

Suzuki studied a Steyr-Puch Haflinger before buying Hope’s design and turning it into a proper product; nearly 5,000 sold in Japan in the first year, and the kei tax class made it the cheapest four-wheel drive in the country. The LJ80 took the Jimny abroad and established the formula the SJ and later Jimnys kept.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1970–81
ENGINE359 cc two-stroke twin; 539 cc two-stroke triple; 797 cc four-stroke four (LJ80)
PRODUCTION RUNNot published by generation
COUNTRY OF ORIGINJapan
STATUSreplaced by the SJ30/SJ410 in 1981
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINELJ, SJ and Jimny
FAMILYLJ, SJ and Jimny
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE76.4″
BODY STYLESoft top
VARIANTS3

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Body styles & colours

Body style

Factory colours

  • Superior White

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Sources

  1. 1Suzuki Jimny ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: researched