1998 Daihatsu Hijet Mini Truck, Kei Truck - Boeki USA#BUC99999

1998 Daihatsu Hijet Truck, finished in White — a Japanese-market vehicle now in stock with us. Drive on this Hijet Truck is four-wheel drive. 10 photographs of this specific vehicle are on this listing.

Engine and transmission — Hijet Truck

The engine is recorded as the EF. A 1998 Daihatsu on the EF is running the engine family the company built its kei reputation on. This Hijet Truck is fitted with a 5-speed gearbox.

Condition and equipment — Hijet Truck

Odometer at listing is 12203; the paperwork gives a Japanese auction grade of 4/B. The source recorded no unit alongside that figure, so 12203 is reproduced exactly as stored rather than converted.

The 1998 Hijet in context

The Hijet has been in continuous production since November 1960, which makes it the oldest surviving kei nameplate — and in 2021 it took a Good Design Long Life Design Award, a first for Daihatsu. Four-wheel-drive Hijets were aimed at farm and forestry work, which is where the sub-transmission low range and the differential locks in this family come from. Trade-spec Hijets were overwhelmingly white; this one is recorded as White. A 1998 Hijet sits in the middle of a production run that has outlasted most of the companies that started building trucks alongside it.

Buying this 1998 Hijet Truck

Farms, vineyards, ranches, grounds crews and building sites are where Hijet Trucks 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 1998 Hijet Truck ourselves and sell it directly — there is no Daihatsu franchise between you and the vehicle. The asking price is $5,700.