1999 Daihatsu Hijet Truck#BUC20987

1999 Daihatsu Hijet Truck, finished in White — a Japanese-market vehicle now in stock with us. Drive on this Hijet Truck is four-wheel drive. There are 10 photographs of this exact vehicle on this page — not stock images of a similar one.

Hijet Truck: engine and drivetrain

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

Specifics for this Hijet Truck

The White bodywork sits over an odometer reading of 50557, with a Japanese auction grade of 4/B recorded. That reading of 50557 came to us without a unit attached, and we have left it exactly as found.

About the 1999 Daihatsu Hijet

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. Trade-spec Hijets were overwhelmingly white; this one is recorded as White. Every four-wheel-drive Minicab from 1984 onward got twelve-inch front disc brakes and automatic free-wheeling front hubs as standard.

Ownership and import of this Hijet Truck

A 1999 Hijet Truck is old enough to be simple and new enough to be usable, which is most of why this generation gets exported rather than scrapped. This 1999 Hijet Truck spent its working life on Japanese registration, where a light goods vehicle faces its first statutory shaken inspection at two years and another every two years after that. Price on this one is $6,700.