2000 Daihatsu Hijet Truck#BUC92592

Here is a 2000 Daihatsu Hijet Truck, finished in White, imported from Japan and offered by Bucks Mini Trucks. 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. This Hijet Truck is fitted with a 5-speed gearbox.

Specifics for this Hijet Truck

Odometer at listing is 54220; the paperwork gives a Japanese auction grade of 4/B. The source recorded no unit alongside that figure, so 54220 is reproduced exactly as stored rather than converted.

2000 Daihatsu Hijet Truck: the background

The EF here belongs to a Daihatsu engine family that ran for well over a decade across the company's kei range. A 2000 Hijet sits in the middle of a production run that has outlasted most of the companies that started building trucks alongside it. 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.

Ownership and import of this 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. A 2000 build date puts this one well past the 25-year federal import threshold. The asking price is $6,700.