The diminutive Samurai packed an equally puny 1.3-liter SOHC eight-valve inline-four good for about 60 horsepower, while even early RX-7s had at least 100 horsepower from their rotary engines.

Read about the Suzuki Lightning Conversion with a Chevy V6 and V8 engines, also featuring the 1942 Jeep Willys and Suzuki Samurai. - 4 Wheel Drive & Sport Utility Magazine ...

The Samurai came with a carbureted overhead-cam engine, a 1.3-liter with 63 horsepower and 74 pound-feet (100 Nm) of torque. Even though it’s light, the body-on-frame Samurai wasn’t built for ...

While we won't see the Jimny, or this reborn Samurai, reach our shores, those down in New Zealand can take one home for about $23,000 at current exchange rates. Money well spent, folks.

Despite its bigger engine, the Samurai struggled to garner momentum on smooth roads, but going off-road was a different story. The standard 4WD system has manual-locking front hubs, which makes it ...