1999 Daihatsu Hi-Jet Fire Fighter 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi-4Lo, 5MT · 6,459 mi

Available from stock, no wait for shipping from Japan: a 1999 Daihatsu Hi-Jet Fire Fighter 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi-4Lo, 5MT, listed as Red. It has a manual box. The chassis plate reads S110P-181193.

S110-series Hijet: the short version

S110 is the four-wheel-drive version of the Hijet Daihatsu built from 1994 to 1999, using the 659cc EF three-cylinder. Work-specification trucks on this chassis — the Climber and the various dump bodies — were offered with a two-speed transfer case giving a genuine low range, and with a locking rear differential. That combination in a vehicle this small is the reason S110s ended up on Japanese hillside farms.

It carries 6,459 miles — about 10,400 km, the figure the gauge was actually calibrated in. That is at the lower end of the spread for Daihatsu kei vehicles leaving the Japanese market.

Key figures

• Year: 1999
• Make: Daihatsu
• Model: Hi-Jet Fire Fighter 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi-4Lo, 5MT
• Chassis code: S11
• Transmission: Manual
• Odometer: 6,459
• Engine: EF-NS 660cc 3 Cylinder
• Colour: Red
• Chassis number: S110P-181193
• Body type: Kei Truck / Mini Truck
• Stock reference: BUC17286

What you are buying

Low range is the feature that separates a working kei truck from a four-wheel-drive one. A second set of reduction gears in the transfer case multiplies torque and divides road speed, so the truck can creep up a slope or out of a rut under load without the clutch doing the work. On a 660cc engine it is not a luxury — it is what makes the gradient possible at all.

The $12,000 to $20,000 band is where specialist kei trucks sit — low-range transfer cases, locking differentials, factory work bodies, late chassis and genuinely low readings. These are not volume trucks and they do not come up often.

Buying this one

With a 1999 build year it clears the 25-year rule that applies to importing vehicles never sold new in the US. Import documentation and titling are handled at our end, and we ship nationwide. It is listed at $14,900. Get in touch to put a hold on it.