1996 Daihatsu Hi-Jet 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi, 5MT, Great Value#BUC16051

We have this 1996 Daihatsu Hi-Jet 4WD on the lot, finished in White, imported direct from Japan. The chassis code on this one is S110P. We have it on file as stock number 420-6, chassis S110P-**2411. There are 9 photographs of this exact vehicle on this page — not stock images of a similar one.

1996 Daihatsu Hi-Jet 4WD: engine, gearbox and running gear

Under it is the EFNS, a 660cc 3-cylinder engine. The EF lives under the seats in a Hijet, which is why the bench tips forward and the service points face upward. Behind the White bodywork sits a manual gearbox. The trim designation records selectable 2WD / 4WD high.

The 1996 Hijet in context

Daihatsu is Toyota's small-vehicle specialist and the Hijet is the product it has spent longest refining — sixty-plus years of iteration on a single idea, and it shows in how resolved the details are. Daihatsu supplies the Hijet to other makers for rebadging — Toyota since 2011, Subaru since 2012 — and it was licence-built abroad as the Piaggio Porter in Italy and the Asia Towner in Korea. A 1996 Hijet sits in the middle of a production run that has outlasted most of the companies that started building trucks alongside it.

Recorded condition of this 1996 Hi-Jet 4WD

The odometer reads 50,865. That reading of 50,865 came to us without a unit attached, and we have left it exactly as found.

Where a Hi-Jet 4WD earns its keep

Four-wheel drive on a Hi-Jet 4WD was specified in Japan for field and forestry work, not for road holding. Built in 1996, this Hi-Jet 4WD is 30 years old and clears the 25-year threshold at which imported vehicles are exempt from US federal motor vehicle safety standards conformity. The asking price is $11,000.