1996 Daihatsu Hijet Mini Truck, Kei Truck - Boeki USA#BUC33333

We have this 1996 Daihatsu Hijet Truck on the lot, finished in White, imported direct from Japan. Drive on this Hijet Truck is four-wheel drive. We have 10 pictures of this Hijet Truck here, all of the actual vehicle.

The 1996 Hijet in context

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. The Hijet was built to be maintained by its owner rather than by a dealer: the seats tip forward, the engine is right there, and the service points are deliberately obvious. Trade-spec Hijets were overwhelmingly white; this one is recorded as White.

The paperwork on this 1996 Hijet Truck

It shows 44786 on the clock, with a Japanese auction grade of 4/B on file. That reading of 44786 came to us without a unit attached, and we have left it exactly as found.

Mechanical specification of this Hijet Truck

The engine is recorded as the EF. Daihatsu's EF series is a 659cc three built in a great many variants, from plain carburetted versions to twin-cam and turbocharged ones. Drive reaches the road through a 5-speed gearbox, four-wheel drive.

Owning a Hijet Truck

In Japan a 1996 Hijet Truck would have belonged to a shopkeeper, a small workshop or a farm, which is the sort of use it was engineered around. Built in 1996, this Hijet Truck is 30 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 $5,700. Everything about a kei vehicle follows from the class rules — width, height, displacement and the shape of the cab are all downstream of the same regulation.