The excellent five-door Suzuki Jimny is now on sale in Japan

It may have disappeared from sale on our shores, but the worldwide love for the Suzuki Jimny continues. Case in point: the stretched five-door version has just gone on sale in Japan for the first time, but almost immediately Suzuki has had to suspend orders after unprecedented demand.

“The Jimny Nomad has been very well received by many customers, and we have received orders far exceeding our production capacity,” said a Suzuki statement.

“Therefore, we will be suspending orders for the time being. We will inform you again about the resumption of orders, taking into consideration the future production situation.”

Maybe we’ll delay that emigration to Japan for the moment, then. The colourful five-door Jimny first arrived for India, Latin America and Africa back at the start of 2023, and it’s being marketed as the Jimny Nomade in Japan. The dinky three-door is the Jimny Sierra.

The Nomade looks almost identical to the Sierra with its cutesy face and five-slot front grille, although of course the ladder frame has been extended and strengthened to take the extra weight. The interior has mostly been carried across too, although the two rear seats have moved further back for more legroom, and there’s a bigger boot behind them.

When Suzuki eventually opens up orders again, the Nomade will cost 2,651,000 yen (just under £14,000). With a similar level of kit the Sierra is 2,084,500 yen (just under £11,000). And yes, all of this is making us even more sad about the Jimny’s demise in the UK.