1998 Suzuki Carry#BUC83960

This 1998 Suzuki Carry is a Japanese domestic-market vehicle we imported and are selling directly, finished in White. The chassis code on this one is DD51T, and drive is four-wheel drive. We have it on file as stock number FxaM3G, chassis DD51T-569065. We have 15 pictures of this Carry here, all of the actual vehicle.

The 1998 Carry in context

The Carry uses the classic kei arrangement — cab-over body, engine mounted longitudinally under the driver's seat, drive to the rear — which keeps everything short-coupled and within reach. Suzuki has supplied the Carry to other manufacturers to badge as their own — Mazda since 1989, later Nissan and Mitsubishi — so the same underlying truck circulates under several names, which is another reason the parts supply runs deep. Suzuki has built the Carry since 1961 — eleven generations, and the oldest nameplate the company still sells. It was Japan's best-selling truck nameplate for thirty-nine consecutive years from 1971, passing four million units by 2010.

The paperwork on this 1998 Carry

A 1998 vehicle showing 26,874 mi, recorded with a condition of used. Interior colour is recorded as Gray. Fuel type on file is Gasoline.

Mechanical specification of this Carry

It runs a 660cc engine. The DD51T runs a manual gearbox.

Owning a Carry

A Carry is not a substitute for a full-size pickup so much as a replacement for the trips where a full-size pickup was always overkill. Built in 1998, this Carry is 28 years old and clears the 25-year threshold at which imported vehicles are exempt from US federal motor vehicle safety standards conformity. It is listed at $5,037. Japan's kei category exists because small vehicles are taxed and registered differently there, and the Carry was built specifically to qualify.