Cover photo: Suzuki Auto South Africa, at the 2023 Jimny Gathering near Clarens. Over 800 Suzuki owners pitched up, in Jimnys of every age.
Ask a Jimny owner if it held its value, and you will hear a story. Somebody sold theirs for what they paid. Somebody traded in a four-year-old car and paid in very little to go new. Those stories are true, but most of them come from the waiting-list years.
In 2026 the picture is different. Plenty of Jimnys are for sale, and prices are drifting down. A Jimny still loses value slowly. But it does lose value, and this guide shows how much.
Every used price here is an asking price on live listings, analysed daily. We pulled these on 23 September 2026. What a car sells for is usually a bit lower.
The short answer
- A used current Jimny (2018 on) asks about R350,000. Most ask between R290,000 and R400,000.
- An older 1.3 Jimny (2008 to 2018) asks about R190,000.
- Depreciation: a Jimny loses roughly 4% to 5% of a new one’s price for each year of age.
- Kilometres move the price more than the year does.
- The 5-door has not held its value better than the 3-door. So far it has dropped a little faster.
- Right now most sellers who change their price cut it. You have room to negotiate.
How much is a Suzuki Jimny in South Africa?
Here is the whole market in one table. New prices are Suzuki Auto South Africa’s list prices, seen on 23 September 2026.
| What you buy | Price |
|---|---|
| New 3-door (GLX only now) | R444,900 to R481,900 list |
| New 5-door | R439,900 to R489,900 list |
| New Jimny on adverts | Usually R28,000 to R38,000 under list |
| Used current Jimny (2018 on) | Asks about R350,000 |
| Older 1.3 Jimny (2008 to 2018) | Asks about R190,000 |
New cars on adverts ask less than list, so shop around even when you buy new. Our new Jimny price guide has every model and its extras. This guide is about what each year asks once it is used.
What a used Jimny asks, by year
This is the table most people come for. It shows used cars only, so new and demo stock does not pull the figures up. “Asks about” is the typical asking price: half ask more and half ask less.
| Model year | Adverts | Asks about | Typical km |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 and 2019 | 38 | R285,000 | 97,000 |
| 2020 | 72 | R300,000 | 59,000 |
| 2021 | 107 | R310,000 | 63,000 |
| 2022 | 185 | R320,000 | 52,000 |
| 2023 | 115 | R345,000 | 40,000 |
| 2024 | 307 | R370,000 | 33,000 |
| 2025 | 105 | R400,000 | 17,500 |
| 2026 (new stock) | 614 | R440,000 | 0 |
| Older 1.3, 2008 to 2012 | 46 | R147,000 | 181,000 |
| Older 1.3, 2013 to 2015 | 64 | R180,000 | 126,000 |
| Older 1.3, 2016 to 2018 | 83 | R216,000 | 103,000 |
Used current Jimnys and older 1.3s on live listings, September 2026. Counts are adverts, and some cars are listed more than once.
Three notes on this table. The 2018 and 2019 cars are grouped because so few 2018s exist. The current Jimny only went on sale here in November 2018. Every 2026 advert is a new car, a demo or a car with under 5,000 km, so that row is not a used price.
The biggest step is between the two generations. The newest older 1.3 asks about R220,000. The oldest current Jimny asks about R285,000. That is a gap of about R65,000, and nothing sits in between.
For today’s figures on any year, see the Jimny market page or browse the 2022 Jimnys for sale. The monthly Jimny Price Index keeps a frozen record of each month.
Suzuki Jimny depreciation: how much value it loses each year
To measure depreciation fairly, compare the same car at different ages. So the table below follows one car: the 3-door GLX automatic, one of the most common used Jimnys. Each year’s asking price is set against what a new one asks on adverts today, which is about R438,000.
| Model year | Age | Adverts | Asks about | Share of a new one’s price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 year | 20 | R393,000 | 90% |
| 2024 | 2 years | 40 | R370,000 | 84% |
| 2023 | 3 years | 48 | R350,000 | 80% |
| 2022 | 4 years | 95 | R330,000 | 75% |
| 2021 | 5 years | 60 | R320,000 | 73% |
| 2020 | 6 years | 33 | R300,000 | 68% |
| 2019 | 7 years | 6 | R285,000 | 65% |
Used 3-door GLX automatics on live listings, September 2026. The 2019 row is thin.
In plain words, a Jimny gives up about 4% to 5% of a new one’s price each year. After one year it asks about 90% of new. After five years it asks about three quarters. After seven it asks about two thirds.
Why use today’s new advert price, and not the list price? Because new Jimnys on adverts ask well under list. Used cars compete with those new ones, not with the brochure. Against the list price, every used Jimny would look worse off than it really is.
Count it in rands and you see the same thing. Across all used current Jimnys, a newer car loses more money per year than an older one.
| Going back from | To | Asking price drops by about |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | R30,000 |
| 2024 | 2023 | R25,000 |
| 2023 | 2022 | R25,000 |
| 2022 | 2021 | R10,000 |
| 2021 | 2020 | R10,000 |
| 2020 | 2019 | R14,000 |
So the curve flattens with age. The first three years cost the most. After four or five years, each extra year takes only about R10,000 off the asking price. The older 1.3 follows the same slow line, losing about R10,000 a year on average from 2018 back to 2008.
Do Suzuki Jimnys hold their value?
Yes, but there are two honest ways to do the sum, and they give very different answers.
Sum one: against what it cost new. A 3-door GLX manual cost R299,900 new at the launch in November 2018. A 2019 GLX manual asks about R290,000 today. So a seven-year-old Jimny, often with about 100,000 km on it, asks nearly what it cost new. That is the story you hear at braais, and it is true.
Sum two: against what one costs new today. The same 3-door GLX manual now lists at R444,900. That is about 48% more than in 2018. A used Jimny is priced against today’s new car, not the 2018 one. Against today’s new price, that 2019 car asks about two thirds.
Both sums are right. The first one looks so good because new prices climbed so fast. If you bought in 2018 or 2019, you got most of your money back in rands. If you buy new today, do not expect the same trick. New prices would have to keep climbing just as fast.
How we got here
The Jimny’s value story has three chapters.
2018 to 2022: the waiting list. The first two shipments of the current Jimny had sold out by the launch in November 2018. Buyers then faced a long waiting list for a new one. Some bought used instead, and paid close to new money. That is where the “sold it for what I paid” stories come from.
2024: the turn. The 5-door arrived in November 2023. Forum posters said many owners were trading their 3-doors in on one. By March 2024, forum posters reported dealers offering R20,000 cashback on new 5-doors. A discount on new cars pulls used prices down with it.
2026: plenty for sale. Today there are more than 1,500 live adverts for the current Jimny in South Africa. New ones ask less than list. Used ones are being cut. The waiting list is history.
Are Jimny prices going up or down right now?
Down, gently. We track every price change on live Jimny adverts. Here are the last 90 days, to 23 September 2026.
| Last 90 days | Price changes | Share that were cuts | Typical cut |
|---|---|---|---|
| Used current Jimny | 1,193 | 84% | R10,000 |
| New and near-new Jimny | 580 | 58% | R10,000 |
| Older 1.3 | 450 | 79% | R5,000 |
Most sellers who change their price cut it. Of the used current Jimnys that changed price, nine in ten ended lower than they started. The usual cut is about R10,000.
That does not mean Jimnys sit unsold. A used Jimny advert that comes down has typically been up for about three to four weeks. Demand is real. Sellers are simply having to meet it on price.
So if you are buying, make an offer. Our Jimny Price Index shows how the cuts add up each month.
3-door or 5-door: which holds its value better?
Many buyers expect the 5-door to keep its value better. It has the bigger boot: 211 litres with the back seats up, against 85 litres in the 3-door. Plenty of families want that space. But the numbers say otherwise, at least so far.
| Model year | 3-door adverts | 3-door asks about | 5-door adverts | 5-door asks about |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 94 | R345,000 | 21 | R350,000 |
| 2024 | 58 | R370,000 | 249 | R370,000 |
| 2025 | 30 | R390,000 | 75 | R410,000 |
Used cars only, September 2026. The 3-door counts include some cars whose advert does not say the body, so a few 5-doors may hide in them.
A used 2023 or 2024 5-door asks the same as a 3-door of the same year. Only the 2025 cars show a gap, of about R20,000, and there are few 2025 3-doors to compare.
Now look at what they cost new. In November 2023, a new 5-door GLX automatic cost R479,900. A new 3-door GLX automatic cost R438,900. The 5-door cost R41,000 more. Today a 2024 of each asks about the same. So the 5-door has lost more rands in the same time, not fewer.
Why? There are simply a lot of them. The 2024 5-door is the biggest single group of used Jimnys on sale, with about 250 adverts. And dealers discounted new 5-doors from early on, which set a lower bar for used ones.
The 5-door only went on sale here in November 2023, so its used history is short. The gap may change. For now, the honest answer is that the 3-door has held its value a little better.
That is good news if you are buying. A 2024 5-door GLX automatic asks about R375,000. A new one asks about R460,000 on adverts. That is about R85,000 saved on a car with about 33,000 km on it. Ask the dealer how much of Suzuki’s five-year warranty is left, and whether it carries over to you. Our 3-door vs 5-door guide and 5-door review cover the rest of that choice.
Kilometres matter more than the year
This is the most useful thing in this guide if you are buying. Inside one model year, the kilometres on the clock move the price far more than the year itself.
| Kilometres | 2022 3-door asks about | 2024 3-door asks about |
|---|---|---|
| Under 30,000 | R340,000 (40 adverts) | R377,000 (30 adverts) |
| 30,000 to 60,000 | R320,000 (71 adverts) | R360,000 (19 adverts) |
| 60,000 to 100,000 | R310,000 (58 adverts) | R350,000 (9 adverts) |
| Over 100,000 | R275,000 (16 adverts) | None listed |
Used 3-doors on live listings, September 2026. Small counts are shown so you can judge them.
Take the 2022 column, the year with the most cars. A 2022 with under 30,000 km asks about R65,000 more than one with over 100,000 km. Going back from a 2022 to a 2021 costs only about R10,000. So a low-kilometre older car can ask more than a high-kilometre newer one. A handful of 2020s with under 30,000 km ask about R340,000. A 2022 with 60,000 to 100,000 km asks about R310,000.
Two smaller things also move the price.
Trim. Most used 3-doors are the top GLX. The plainer GA and GL ask less. On 2022 cars, a GLX asks about R330,000 and a GL about R304,000. The rare GA asks about R285,000. The new 3-door now comes only as a GLX, so a used GA or GL is the only way to get the cheaper trims. Our GLX vs GL guide explains what the extra money buys.
Gearbox. An automatic usually asks a bit more than a manual of the same year, up to about R20,000. On 2020 and 2024 cars there is almost no gap.
The older Jimny 1.3 (2008 to 2018)
The older Jimny is the cheap way into a real 4x4. It has a ladder frame and low range, like the current car. Suzuki sold it new here from about 2008 to 2018, and those are the years you will find for sale.
It holds its money well for an old car. Kilometres matter even more here than on the current Jimny.
| Kilometres | Adverts | Asks about |
|---|---|---|
| Under 100,000 | 64 | R218,000 |
| 100,000 to 150,000 | 61 | R190,000 |
| 150,000 to 200,000 | 40 | R165,000 |
| Over 200,000 | 28 | R140,000 |
Older 1.3 Jimnys on live listings, September 2026.
Even a 1.3 with over 200,000 km typically asks about R140,000. Most older Jimnys have done some real off-road work, so check underneath before you pay. Our common problems guide lists what to look for on both generations.
One owner story sums up what extras are worth at sale time. In 2024 a Pretoria owner listed a 2009 Jimny with a locker and R150,000 worth of upgrades. It went up at R130,000. A few days later the price came down to R115,000, and it was sold within the week. Buyers pay for the car, not the receipts. That goes for the current Jimny too: build it for yourself, using our accessories guide or lift kit guide, not for resale.
See every older Jimny for sale, or value an older Jimny.
Which year to buy, by budget
| Your budget | Look at | Asks about |
|---|---|---|
| Under R170,000 | Older 1.3, 2008 to 2012, high km | R147,000 |
| R180,000 to R220,000 | Older 1.3, 2013 to 2018 | R180,000 to R216,000 |
| About R285,000 to R310,000 | Current 3-door, 2019 to 2021 | R285,000 to R310,000 |
| About R320,000 | Current 3-door, 2022 (the most choice) | R320,000 |
| About R370,000 | 2024 3-door or 5-door | R370,000 |
| About R400,000 | 2025, either body | R400,000 |
| R440,000 and up | New, and ask for a discount | List R439,900 and up |
Used asking prices on live listings, September 2026. New prices are Suzuki Auto South Africa’s list prices.
For most buyers the sweet spot is a 2021 or 2022 3-door with 30,000 to 60,000 km. There are more of these on sale than any other used 3-door. They ask about R320,000, and they have already taken most of their early drop.
If you need the space, a 2024 5-door is the value buy in the whole Jimny market right now.
One safety note on years. South African 3-doors built before March 2026 have two airbags. The 3-door got six airbags as standard in the March 2026 update. The 5-door GLX has six, and the 5-door GL has two. If airbags matter to you, check the exact car.
Before you pay
- Asking is not selling. Every figure here is what sellers ask. Most cars sell for less, and a dealer trade-in offer is lower again.
- Too cheap is a warning. A Jimny far below the typical price for its year is a reason to check the seller and the papers, not a bargain.
- Check the service book. Match the kilometres to the stamps.
- Value the exact car. Our Jimny valuation tool checks a car’s year, body, trim, gearbox and kilometres against live asking prices.
- Work out the payments. Every Jimny listing has a finance calculator. Our financing guide explains deposits and balloons.
- Selling? Read our resale value guide and how to sell your Jimny.
The bottom line
A Jimny still holds its value well. A seven-year-old one asks about two thirds of a new one’s price, and newer cars lose only R25,000 to R30,000 a year. But the waiting-list days are over. There are plenty for sale, most price changes are cuts, and the 5-door has not beaten the 3-door on value. Buy on kilometres and condition first, and year second. Then make an offer, because right now the seller expects one.
A big thank you to Suzuki Auto South Africa for the Jimny Gathering and press photos, and to Des Sol in Pinetown for the trail shots of both generations. Go and see their work.
