1998 Daihatsu Terios SUV · 4WD · 72,712 mi

Our inventory currently includes this 1998 Daihatsu Terios SUV in Silver, a JDM SUV brought over whole. This one is 4WD, paired with an automatic gearbox. Quote stock BUC07407 when you get in touch.

The details on this one

• Year: 1998
• Make: Daihatsu
• Model: Terios SUV
• Drivetrain: 4WD
• Transmission: Automatic
• Odometer: 72,712
• Engine: EF
• Colour: Silver
• Body type: SUV
• Stock reference: BUC07407

About the Terios SUV

Japan's kei class is a legal category, not a marketing segment: through the 1990s it capped engines at 660cc and bodies at 3.30 metres long by 1.40 metres wide, and every manufacturer engineered precisely to those limits. The packaging efficiency that follows — a cab pushed to the front bumper, a flat floor, an engine tucked under the seats — is the whole appeal.

Odometer at 72,712 miles, call it 117,000 km. Daihatsu kei vehicles of this period arrive across a wide band of readings, and this one falls in the middle of it.

Putting it to work

A Japanese-market four-wheel drive of this type is built around a transfer case and a drivetrain intended to be used off the road, rather than around the appearance of one. Domestic specifications often differ substantially from anything the same manufacturer exported.

At this money a Japanese-market off-roader is an inexpensive route to a drivetrain that was never sold here. The age is doing the work on the price.

How to take it

Because it was built in 1998, the federal 25-year exemption applies and the usual FMVSS and EPA conformity requirements fall away. Customs entry, import documentation and title work are all done here, and we arrange transport to any state. Priced at $5,700; message us and we will hold it for you.