**A Unique Ride: The Twisted Suzuki Jimny**

As I stood behind the wheel of my modified Suzuki Jimny, also known as the "Twisted Jimney," I couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions. This car was a unique blend of ruggedness and performance, with a rigid axle at both the front and rear, giving it a sporty feel reminiscent of its more powerful cousin, the G63. The ladder frame chassis added to its off-road prowess, making it a formidable companion on trails.

Despite all the modifications, including an anti-roll bar on the back and firmer suspension, I couldn't shake off the feeling that the car's flaws were still apparent on paved roads. The independent front suspension of my standard Jimny made it feel more comfortable to drive on the road, while the rigid axle at the front gave me a sense of stability, but also made it less agile than I'd like. However, with the added height and knobbly tires, I expected improved ground clearance, which would undoubtedly aid in off-road excursions.

But as I hit the road, I realized that the mods had both helped and hindered my driving experience. The increased power from the turbo boost was both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, it made my Jimney feel more powerful and responsive, especially when cruising at low speeds. However, it also meant that I needed to be more cautious on steep inclines or slippery surfaces, as the added weight and torque could easily get me into trouble.

One area where the Twisted Jimny excelled was in its noise insulation, which made it a more comfortable ride than my standard car. The sound of the engine was less pronounced, making for a smoother driving experience. Additionally, I appreciated the extra flexibility provided by the suspension upgrades, which allowed me to drive with more confidence and precision.

Despite these improvements, however, I couldn't shake off the feeling that the Twisted Jimny was still a bit of a wild child. It tended to wander and meander on the road, requiring constant steering input to keep it on course. The suspension changes had not entirely eliminated this issue, but they did reduce its impact slightly.

The real test for the Twisted Jimny came when I decided to launch it down a twisty road. With its all-terrain tires and powerful engine, I was eager to see how well it would perform. To my surprise, it took to the challenge with ease, responding quickly to my inputs and delivering respectable performance times. In fact, it shaved off over two seconds from my standard Jimney's 60mph time, a significant improvement.

But as I continued driving, I realized that the Twisted Jimny was still not without its flaws. Its all-terrain tires proved less than ideal for on-road driving, and the car's tendency to dig into the road surface made it uncomfortable at times. Additionally, the added power from the turbo boost meant that I had to be more mindful of my speed and traction, lest I find myself getting stuck or losing control.

In the end, I found myself torn between my affection for the Twisted Jimny and its questionable practicality. At £60,000, it was a significant investment, especially when compared to my standard car. While I appreciated its unique character and on-road dynamics, I wasn't convinced that I'd want to pay top dollar for it.

However, as I considered all the factors, I began to appreciate the Twisted Jimny's value proposition more. Its off-road capabilities were undeniable, and its performance upgrades made it a joy to drive on paved roads. If I had the budget and was looking for a car that embodied the spirit of adventure, I'd certainly consider this one.

So, should you avoid the Twisted Suzuki Jimny? Not necessarily. While it's not perfect, it offers a unique blend of off-road capability and on-road performance that makes it worth considering. However, if you're on a budget or value practicality above all else, there are likely more suitable options available. Ultimately, it comes down to your priorities as a car buyer: do you want a rugged adventure machine that's a bit rough around the edges, or something more refined and comfortable?

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is a modified Suzuki jimney from a company called Twisted they've basically created a little AMG G63 but it comes with a price to match all in this vehicle is £60,000 now in this video I'm going to talk you through all the upgrades and I'm also going to compare it to my standard Suzuki jimney to find out if they're worth it and whether I should modify my jimney to be like this one buy sell car wow one of the biggest changes to this jimy is under the Bonnet and this is it as you can see they fitted a Turbocharger so what this does is increase the power of the 1.5 L petrol engine normally it delivers 101 horsepower now though you've got 165 horsepower also torqus up from 130 n m to around 200 N M you still got the same 5-speed manual gearbox and they haven't changed the final drive ratio so you're probably not going to get much more top speed but it should improve the acceleration quite a bit and we're going to find out by how much a little later on in this video when I launch this car and compare it to my bog standard jimy Twisted have made some visual changes to this jimney You' probably noticed the decals they've also painted the front grill in body color you can also see it's got chunky BF Goodrich allterrain Tires and 16-in alloy wheels it also looks meaner not just because of those chunky tires it's because it's had a lift it's raised by up to 2 in and that brings you on to some other chassis changes you see if you look up there there are some new Springs from ibac you've also got billstein dampers and an anti- roll bar at the rear the standard jimney doesn't have one of those here on the inside there is a major change and it's the fact that they have trimmed the cabin with lots of lovely fine feeling leather look on the dash up here it really does just lift the entire cabin especially in this two-tone effect and it makes this car feel like like a genuine little G wagon there's even Alcantara headlining it's lovely it's not perfect though you see some of the stitching is a little bit wonky and over here on the doors as well you can tell it's been done by hand something I'm a bit curious about are these dimples here you see on the standard jimney there's some nuts there with big recesses and ideally Twisted should have filled those in so you got a nice smooth surface it just looks a bit odd another thing I'm not so sure about this big leather bag covering the gear Gator that you get a standard you can feel the standard gear Gator underneath it and then one final thing the fact that this is the van version so you have no back seats it'd be much better if you had my jimney and then converted it because then you would have back seats also with my jimney because it's the sz5 with the topof the range trim you get the standard top-of the range Suzuki infotainment system with Apple carplay and Android auto what Twisted that to do is fit an aftermarket system because normally this van based jimney has just just a terrible little radio it's not very good and this system doesn't have upper carplay nor Android auto so considering you're paying all that money and you're getting a stereo like that it's not ideal though I'm sure for a little bit extra you can upgrade the infotainment system to one that you'd much rather have but I've got to say overall sa in it it really does bring about a huge change to what the jimney feels like to sit in before I drive the Twisted jimney I'm just going to drive my own to set the Benchmark this car was completely standard well apart from a bunch of accessories which are official Suzuki accessories that were fitted to the car when I bought it but they don't affect how it drives so here we go not going to lie the jimney is rather on the road but in some ways that is part of its charm the way it's like really slow that's like me flooring it in third it's also noisy the suspension is quite well lpy and then also fidget ever bumps because you got rigid axles on the front and the rear the steering is look at that the car's not turning it's more just rocking from side to side oh I've got the stability control a little bit angry and you don't really want to go around corners particularly quickly it's the kind of car that you just move from A to B in but it has an ability to move from A to B pretty much over any terrain and that's the beauty of it I like it for all its floors I really do and it sort of gives me this sense of driving something slightly Antiquated something old-fashioned like what driving was like back in the day back in the day before you had things like a decent infotainment system and LED headlights which this does have and those are things that you do really miss when you drive older cars you like the involvement of them but you lack those niceties that you need for Modern Life I really love this car I don't think I'll ever sell it the question is though would I modify it or swap it for something like the Twisted a standard Suzuki jimney is supposed to do not 60 in 13.6 seconds let's find out the reality with my specialist timing gear so here we go oh good start gosh it doesn't like revving this engine it's really tight at the top come on what you going to do 12.25 that was all right obviously got a good one a fast one I've got a fast jimney oh wait you serious R in Twisted jimney let's see what you got so you got a lot more performance and a lot more of the right kind of noise so rather than just like going when you rev it and it not actually increasing in speed by any significant amount this just has beautiful turoy sounds emanating from down here and the blowoff valve as well listen when you lift off plus when you accelerate the car does increase in speed by a much greater amount than the standard jimy you do have to have the turbo on Boost so low down in the red range you don't get much but once you wind the engine up and it's on Boost it's just way more Punchy and you can keep up with other traffic and dare I say it maybe even overtake some people there is something else I'm noticing as well this car Corners a lot flatter than the standard jimney much much flatter plus when I do that to the steering wheel I did invoke the stability control then but it doesn't lull it from side to side quite so much it seems more responsive to the steering there is a tradeoff for the better handling and that is that the suspension does feel firmer and less comfortable it's just a little bit more jarring and jiggly but there's no doubt about about it that it seems to hold the road better and you got to remember this is on nobly tires which aren't so good for driving on the road it'd be interesting to drive it on some just normal tires to really appreciate the suspension modifications but is the decreasing Comfort worth the increase in handling gains it does feel quite different in fact the whole experience so far of me driving it is a little bit like comparing the old G63 to the old G wagon I'm not talking about the front car because that is a lot more sophisticated with its independent front suspension this jimy remember despite all the mods you still got a rigid ax at the front and the back as well as that ladder frame chassis so it feels like an old G63 in the way that it's just more planted a bit more sporty feeling a bit firmer riding and has more performance than the standard car but it's still ultimately being a jimney is slightly flawed when it comes to driving on the road and I also wonder whether the mods have actually helped this car off-road so increased height will help with ground clearance obviously and those knobbly tires will help as well however by fitting an anti-roll bar on the back and making the suspension firmer that's probably not going to help you off-road so I'm not sure whether this would actually be any better plus the engine having more power with turbo boost suddenly coming in that could actually get into more trouble than help you out you can suddenly find yourself digging a hole rather than just being able to control the throttle really progressively like you can in the low performance standard jimney one area of this car does seem better than the standard jimney is it's just a little bit less noisy the sound instulation has worked it also just feels more flexible so I can put my foot down and the Turbo just helps increase the speed when you're just cruising in fifth gear it just doesn't feel like the engine straining so much so for longer Journeys this feels like a slightly better car though I'm still having to do the usual jimy thing of constantly put steering input in to keep the car going straight because it always just wants to meander and wander about and the suspension changes haven't gotten rid of that they maybe reduce that sensation slightly but it's still there this is still a jimney underneath after all it's really odd I really want to keep my jimney standard I really do and at first it was a no-brain I wasn't that Keen on this but very quickly I've warmed to the upgrades and now I'm in a bit of a dilemma totally slid around that corner then that shows you that allterrain tires aren't great for driving on the road and that this car has enough power to lose traction which the normal chimney doesn't and that brings me on to my final test with this car I'm going to launch it before I do though I definitely think going down this bit of road it's slightly less comfortable than my standard jimney right let's see what the N 60 time is on this twisted jimney went sideways what's it going to be 8.86 H it's all right you know what I'm going to do that again but put it into four-wheel drive mode now that does lock the wheels together but I'm going to be driving straight so I shouldn't wind up the transmission and it's damp and the tires don't have much grip on this surface so there should be enough SLE if I need it that was a better launch ever are slightly quicker but not really a big enough difference to make it worth doing in four-wheel drive so about 8 and 1/2 seconds to 60 which is quite a lot quicker than the standard car it's not amazing but it's not slow I'm quite enjoying driving this little jimy fast it feel feels quite good F because you got this crazy basic chassis and decent is performance and there's actually something to be said for just hoing it about because it's kind of a little bit Larry and loose and a bit crazy and it's definitely way more fun to drive on the road than a standard jimney so now I'm really confused should I get the performance upgrades done to my jimney in fact should I get some of the rest of it done as well let me know in the comments so then what's my final verdict on the Twisted Suzuki jimney should you avoid it should you consider it should you short list it or should you just go right ahead and buy it well I think most people would avoid it £60,000 for a jimney no matter how cool it is is just too much and I'm not sure whether I pay all that money to have mine upgraded but would I rather have this than mine yes I would and so if I had the money and I wanted to think really unique I would probably go right ahead and buy this cuz it's just got as much character as the nor more jimney yet at the same time is just more pleasurable to drive on the road I hope you enjoyed the video if you did give it a like let me know what you think of this car in the comments below click on those windows there for some more videos and on that box there to get a car wow for a surprise thanks for watchingthis is a modified Suzuki jimney from a company called Twisted they've basically created a little AMG G63 but it comes with a price to match all in this vehicle is £60,000 now in this video I'm going to talk you through all the upgrades and I'm also going to compare it to my standard Suzuki jimney to find out if they're worth it and whether I should modify my jimney to be like this one buy sell car wow one of the biggest changes to this jimy is under the Bonnet and this is it as you can see they fitted a Turbocharger so what this does is increase the power of the 1.5 L petrol engine normally it delivers 101 horsepower now though you've got 165 horsepower also torqus up from 130 n m to around 200 N M you still got the same 5-speed manual gearbox and they haven't changed the final drive ratio so you're probably not going to get much more top speed but it should improve the acceleration quite a bit and we're going to find out by how much a little later on in this video when I launch this car and compare it to my bog standard jimy Twisted have made some visual changes to this jimney You' probably noticed the decals they've also painted the front grill in body color you can also see it's got chunky BF Goodrich allterrain Tires and 16-in alloy wheels it also looks meaner not just because of those chunky tires it's because it's had a lift it's raised by up to 2 in and that brings you on to some other chassis changes you see if you look up there there are some new Springs from ibac you've also got billstein dampers and an anti- roll bar at the rear the standard jimney doesn't have one of those here on the inside there is a major change and it's the fact that they have trimmed the cabin with lots of lovely fine feeling leather look on the dash up here it really does just lift the entire cabin especially in this two-tone effect and it makes this car feel like like a genuine little G wagon there's even Alcantara headlining it's lovely it's not perfect though you see some of the stitching is a little bit wonky and over here on the doors as well you can tell it's been done by hand something I'm a bit curious about are these dimples here you see on the standard jimney there's some nuts there with big recesses and ideally Twisted should have filled those in so you got a nice smooth surface it just looks a bit odd another thing I'm not so sure about this big leather bag covering the gear Gator that you get a standard you can feel the standard gear Gator underneath it and then one final thing the fact that this is the van version so you have no back seats it'd be much better if you had my jimney and then converted it because then you would have back seats also with my jimney because it's the sz5 with the topof the range trim you get the standard top-of the range Suzuki infotainment system with Apple carplay and Android auto what Twisted that to do is fit an aftermarket system because normally this van based jimney has just just a terrible little radio it's not very good and this system doesn't have upper carplay nor Android auto so considering you're paying all that money and you're getting a stereo like that it's not ideal though I'm sure for a little bit extra you can upgrade the infotainment system to one that you'd much rather have but I've got to say overall sa in it it really does bring about a huge change to what the jimney feels like to sit in before I drive the Twisted jimney I'm just going to drive my own to set the Benchmark this car was completely standard well apart from a bunch of accessories which are official Suzuki accessories that were fitted to the car when I bought it but they don't affect how it drives so here we go not going to lie the jimney is rather on the road but in some ways that is part of its charm the way it's like really slow that's like me flooring it in third it's also noisy the suspension is quite well lpy and then also fidget ever bumps because you got rigid axles on the front and the rear the steering is look at that the car's not turning it's more just rocking from side to side oh I've got the stability control a little bit angry and you don't really want to go around corners particularly quickly it's the kind of car that you just move from A to B in but it has an ability to move from A to B pretty much over any terrain and that's the beauty of it I like it for all its floors I really do and it sort of gives me this sense of driving something slightly Antiquated something old-fashioned like what driving was like back in the day back in the day before you had things like a decent infotainment system and LED headlights which this does have and those are things that you do really miss when you drive older cars you like the involvement of them but you lack those niceties that you need for Modern Life I really love this car I don't think I'll ever sell it the question is though would I modify it or swap it for something like the Twisted a standard Suzuki jimney is supposed to do not 60 in 13.6 seconds let's find out the reality with my specialist timing gear so here we go oh good start gosh it doesn't like revving this engine it's really tight at the top come on what you going to do 12.25 that was all right obviously got a good one a fast one I've got a fast jimney oh wait you serious R in Twisted jimney let's see what you got so you got a lot more performance and a lot more of the right kind of noise so rather than just like going when you rev it and it not actually increasing in speed by any significant amount this just has beautiful turoy sounds emanating from down here and the blowoff valve as well listen when you lift off plus when you accelerate the car does increase in speed by a much greater amount than the standard jimy you do have to have the turbo on Boost so low down in the red range you don't get much but once you wind the engine up and it's on Boost it's just way more Punchy and you can keep up with other traffic and dare I say it maybe even overtake some people there is something else I'm noticing as well this car Corners a lot flatter than the standard jimney much much flatter plus when I do that to the steering wheel I did invoke the stability control then but it doesn't lull it from side to side quite so much it seems more responsive to the steering there is a tradeoff for the better handling and that is that the suspension does feel firmer and less comfortable it's just a little bit more jarring and jiggly but there's no doubt about about it that it seems to hold the road better and you got to remember this is on nobly tires which aren't so good for driving on the road it'd be interesting to drive it on some just normal tires to really appreciate the suspension modifications but is the decreasing Comfort worth the increase in handling gains it does feel quite different in fact the whole experience so far of me driving it is a little bit like comparing the old G63 to the old G wagon I'm not talking about the front car because that is a lot more sophisticated with its independent front suspension this jimy remember despite all the mods you still got a rigid ax at the front and the back as well as that ladder frame chassis so it feels like an old G63 in the way that it's just more planted a bit more sporty feeling a bit firmer riding and has more performance than the standard car but it's still ultimately being a jimney is slightly flawed when it comes to driving on the road and I also wonder whether the mods have actually helped this car off-road so increased height will help with ground clearance obviously and those knobbly tires will help as well however by fitting an anti-roll bar on the back and making the suspension firmer that's probably not going to help you off-road so I'm not sure whether this would actually be any better plus the engine having more power with turbo boost suddenly coming in that could actually get into more trouble than help you out you can suddenly find yourself digging a hole rather than just being able to control the throttle really progressively like you can in the low performance standard jimney one area of this car does seem better than the standard jimney is it's just a little bit less noisy the sound instulation has worked it also just feels more flexible so I can put my foot down and the Turbo just helps increase the speed when you're just cruising in fifth gear it just doesn't feel like the engine straining so much so for longer Journeys this feels like a slightly better car though I'm still having to do the usual jimy thing of constantly put steering input in to keep the car going straight because it always just wants to meander and wander about and the suspension changes haven't gotten rid of that they maybe reduce that sensation slightly but it's still there this is still a jimney underneath after all it's really odd I really want to keep my jimney standard I really do and at first it was a no-brain I wasn't that Keen on this but very quickly I've warmed to the upgrades and now I'm in a bit of a dilemma totally slid around that corner then that shows you that allterrain tires aren't great for driving on the road and that this car has enough power to lose traction which the normal chimney doesn't and that brings me on to my final test with this car I'm going to launch it before I do though I definitely think going down this bit of road it's slightly less comfortable than my standard jimney right let's see what the N 60 time is on this twisted jimney went sideways what's it going to be 8.86 H it's all right you know what I'm going to do that again but put it into four-wheel drive mode now that does lock the wheels together but I'm going to be driving straight so I shouldn't wind up the transmission and it's damp and the tires don't have much grip on this surface so there should be enough SLE if I need it that was a better launch ever are slightly quicker but not really a big enough difference to make it worth doing in four-wheel drive so about 8 and 1/2 seconds to 60 which is quite a lot quicker than the standard car it's not amazing but it's not slow I'm quite enjoying driving this little jimy fast it feel feels quite good F because you got this crazy basic chassis and decent is performance and there's actually something to be said for just hoing it about because it's kind of a little bit Larry and loose and a bit crazy and it's definitely way more fun to drive on the road than a standard jimney so now I'm really confused should I get the performance upgrades done to my jimney in fact should I get some of the rest of it done as well let me know in the comments so then what's my final verdict on the Twisted Suzuki jimney should you avoid it should you consider it should you short list it or should you just go right ahead and buy it well I think most people would avoid it £60,000 for a jimney no matter how cool it is is just too much and I'm not sure whether I pay all that money to have mine upgraded but would I rather have this than mine yes I would and so if I had the money and I wanted to think really unique I would probably go right ahead and buy this cuz it's just got as much character as the nor more jimney yet at the same time is just more pleasurable to drive on the road I hope you enjoyed the video if you did give it a like let me know what you think of this car in the comments below click on those windows there for some more videos and on that box there to get a car wow for a surprise thanks for watching\n"