Yes, on this page I want to talk at lenght about my brother's Samurai. Here in the US ( where I reside )we did not get any Samurai's after 1995. Samurais , from what I understand , are still being built in several places around the world.
Spain stoped building Samurais at its "Santana Motors" plant in the year 2003. The desition to stop production was based on the fact that the EU was to enforce new regulations, and in order to fit the Samurai to those new EU requirements, the Samurai would had needed to become retrofitted with a lot of cumbersome extras. Desition was made to spare the great Samurai from becoming a "Frankeinstein" Samurai. Too bad, Spain was producing the Diesel powered Samurai ( Peugeot motor , 1.9 Turbo Diesel )
Some of them ( Suzuki Samurai in production to this day ) are available with diesel engines, Renault or Peugeot engines.
These engine in the picture adjacent is a Peugeot 1.9 Turbo Diesel as available in Suzuki Samurai / Sierra . Currently I am looking for a Diesel factory equiped Samurai overseas. I will post my results.
A diesel engine gives any Samurai ( Sierra in other markets , Maruti in India , Gypsi and Jimmy in Japan and even more names than we know as we speak. )... the prerrogative of endless idling w/o any harm to the motor. Better MPG averages and unsurpassed torque with a Turbo configuration.
Well, My brother's Samurai is this one. You can see the grille is different. The fenders are the same except for the area next to the new grille. Any US Samurais wanting to get a more modern grille would need to change the fenders and apron too.
. The grille gives the newer Samurai a Rover look ( Rover as in Rover brand , british vehicles .)
My brothers engine is a 1300, being the official denomination a SJ413 ( 13 means 1300 ). I am looking for the diesel versions, I am curious to find out the official denomination, as in SJ410 ( Samurai 1000 ) and SJ413 ( Samurai 1300 ), what would it be for the Diesel?? SJ4TD ( Samurai Turbo Diesel???)
The Suzuki Samurai as pictured with the different frontispice , body details and suspension is still considered a SJ413 Suzuki.
. The brochure clearly beaspeaks of a Samurai with the new grill, so this is not a older Samurai's owners manual book adapted to the newer version. Details of the suspension must be included in it. Fotunately my brother provided some photos that illustrate details of the suspension.
. As mentioned before, a Owners Manual belonging to the Turbo Diesel Samurai ( Sierra, Jimmy, Gypsi ) would be most interesting.
The most interesting aspect of the Samurai found in South America is the coiled suspension. Details as follows, these are pictures of my brother's rig, stock suspension.
REAR PIX . As you can see, coil springs replace the leaf springs. Added confort is one of the most outstanding difference in ride. Note the bar that keeps the axle in place. It looks to be a very sturdy suspension, and the posibility for travel is great. 
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FRONT PIXThe front shocks run inside the coil springs like a Mc Pherson assembly. 
The rear shocks run separate from the coils. I have not seen after market suspension for those Samurais, perhaps because we have no coiled samis in US, but Australia has plenty of offroading accesories for any coiled suspension Samurai.
REAR PIX. This last picture has been erroneously set sideways. You can see the tailight, it is a rear view of the suspension. Soon I will get real first hand information about the factory Samurais. I will posted as it comes along.
