Over Heritage weekend this year we were invited to the Jimny Gathering in Clarens. The weekend didn’t start off with a drive to Clarens, though. We were lucky enough to be part of a small media group to take the brand-new five-door Jimny on its maiden road trip in South Africa – so, we were flown down to Durban to hop into a bunch of fresh-off-the-boat Jimny five-doors! The idea was for us to drive to Clarens from there.
Our route would give us over 400km in the vehicle, and as we headed out, we hit the morning peak hour traffic. Like most people, my initial thought was that a bigger Jimny