Used Car of the Day: 1987 Suzuki Samurai

by Tim Healey

Published: June 2nd, 2025

Today we bring you a heavily-modded, show-vehicle 1987 Suzuki Samurai.

Remember, the guiding principle here for the cars I pick is simple: Is it interesting? Price, quality, and other factors don't really matter, as long as the vehicle is interesting. That's why sometimes we have barn finds, sometimes we have falling-apart project cars, and the prices run from $1,000 to over $100,000.

In that vein, we have this crazy Samurai.

It's got a three-inch Trailmaster lift, Trailmaster gas shocks, a body left, Rhino axles, KC lights, BF Goodrich rubber, and so much more.

You really have to click over to the listing.

So, yes, go ahead and do that, go click. If you're interested, the price is $20,000 and this one is available in Washington State.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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NotMyCircusNotMyMonkeys on Jun 03, 2025

ICE nabbed em now they gotta sell it for the self deportation back to puerto rico or mexico. LOL

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Pete Skimmel on Jun 03, 2025

I'm kind of enbarrassed to admit I live in the same state as the guy who is selling this thing.

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- 3-On-The-Tree on Jun 05, 2025
  
  Me too but thankfully I’m just visiting
  
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