1999 Daihatsu Hijet Truck · 4WD · 68,258 mi

A Japanese import you can buy now — this 1999 Daihatsu Hijet Truck, recorded as White. On the paperwork it is 4WD with a 5-speed manual box. Reference BUC40740 on our stock list.

Background on the Hijet Truck

The Hijet generation Daihatsu launched in 1999 was the first drawn to the enlarged kei standard, and it moved to the twin-cam, fuel-injected EF-VE version of the 659cc triple — a clear step in refinement over the single-cam engine before it. The Jumbo extended cab, which trades a little bed length for a reclining seat and a storage shelf behind the driver, belongs to this range.

Odometer at 68,258 miles, call it 109,900 km. Daihatsu kei vehicles of this period arrive across a wide band of readings, and this one falls in the middle of it.

What is recorded

• Year: 1999
• Make: Daihatsu
• Model: Hijet Truck
• Drivetrain: 4WD
• Transmission: 5-Speed Manual
• Odometer: 68,258
• Engine: EF
• Colour: White
• Body type: Kei Truck / Mini Truck
• Stock reference: BUC40740

Putting it to work

The appeal of a 4WD Hijet is the combination of a sub-3.5-metre footprint with drive to all four wheels: it will get into a space a pickup cannot and still haul itself out of a wet field. Daihatsu built this chassis for working customers, with the engine under the cab floor driving the rear axle and a selectable front axle for when the surface demands it.

Mid-band pricing on a kei truck generally reflects a sound, unremarkable specification — the four-wheel-drive, five-speed, flat-bed combination that the majority of buyers are looking for in the first place.

Paperwork and shipping

The 1999 build year puts it outside the 25-year window that restricts importing vehicles built to a foreign specification. The paperwork side — import documentation and title — is our job, and we deliver anywhere in the US. The figure is $6,700, and a message is all it takes to put it aside.