1999 Daihatsu Hi-Jet EFI DLI Twincam 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi-4Lo, 5MT#BUC00002

Currently available: a 1999 Daihatsu Hi-Jet EFI DLI Twincam 4WD, finished in Passo White, imported by us from Japan. The chassis code on this one is S210P.

The 1999 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. 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. 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 paperwork on this 1999 Hi-Jet EFI DLI Twincam 4WD

It shows 37,527 on the clock. The source recorded no unit alongside that figure, so 37,527 is reproduced exactly as stored rather than converted.

Mechanical specification of this Hi-Jet EFI DLI Twincam 4WD

Power comes from the EF-SE, a fuel-injected 660cc 3-cylinder unit. The EF-SE drives through a manual gearbox. The trim designation records selectable 2WD / 4WD high / 4WD low.

Owning a Hi-Jet EFI DLI Twincam 4WD

Farms, vineyards, ranches, grounds crews and building sites are where Hi-Jet EFI DLI Twincam 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. Built in 1999, this Hi-Jet EFI DLI Twincam 4WD is 27 years old and clears the 25-year threshold at which imported vehicles are exempt from US federal motor vehicle safety standards conformity. Price on this one is $11,900.