1997 Daihatsu Hi-Jet 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi-4Lo, 5MT, AC#BUC85187

1997 Daihatsu Hi-Jet 4WD, finished in White, came to us straight out of the Japanese domestic market. We have it on file as stock number 429-2, chassis S110P-138062. The chassis code on this one is S110P.

Hi-Jet 4WD: engine and drivetrain

This Hi-Jet 4WD carries the EFNS: a 660cc 3-cylinder engine. The EF family powered Daihatsu's kei vehicles for well over a decade, and its longevity is a reasonable proxy for how sound the basic design was. This Hi-Jet 4WD is fitted with a manual gearbox. On the specification it carries selectable 2WD / 4WD high / 4WD low.

Specifics for this Hi-Jet 4WD

Odometer at listing is 32,267. That reading of 32,267 came to us without a unit attached, and we have left it exactly as found. Equipment recorded against this listing: air conditioning.

The 1997 Hijet in context

In Mitsubishi's scheme the S110P letter gives the body and the number gives the drive, and the pairing repeats generation by generation. The Hijet Climber was the first kei vehicle offered with a limited-slip differential, and low-range sub-transmissions were a factory option across several generations. The S110P code puts this 1997 Hi-Jet 4WD in the eighth-generation Hijet, produced between 1994 and 1999.

Ownership and import of this Hi-Jet 4WD

Farms, vineyards, ranches, grounds crews and building sites are where Hi-Jet 4WDs end up in the US, for the same reasons they ended up there in Japan — Japanese sources describe the kei truck as a necessity for moving tools, crops and catch. We imported this 1997 Hi-Jet 4WD ourselves and sell it directly — there is no Daihatsu franchise between you and the vehicle. Price on this one is $13,900.