1999 Daihatsu Hijet Truck · 2WD · 73,500 mi

This particular kei truck is a 1999 Daihatsu Hijet Truck in Green, and it is here rather than on a boat. It came out of Japan as 2WD with a 5-speed manual transmission. The number on the plate is S200P-0006523.

S200-series Hijet: the short version

The S200 codes are the rear-drive Hijets of 1999 to 2004, the first drawn to the enlarged kei standard. Daihatsu moved the range to the twin-cam, 12-valve EF-VE version of its 659cc three-cylinder with fuel injection, which was a real step in refinement over the single-cam engine before it. The Jumbo extended cab, which steals a little bed length to give the driver a reclining seat, belongs to this generation.

Odometer at 73,500 miles, call it 118,300 km. Daihatsu kei vehicles of this period arrive across a wide band of readings, and this one falls in the middle of it.

On paper

• Year: 1999
• Make: Daihatsu
• Model: Hijet Truck
• Chassis code: S20
• Drivetrain: 2WD
• Transmission: 5-Speed Manual
• Odometer: 73,500
• Engine: EF 660 cc
• Colour: Green
• Chassis number: S200P-0006523
• Body type: Kei Truck / Mini Truck
• Stock reference: BUC01240

In use

Rear-wheel drive is the standard configuration for Daihatsu's kei commercials and the one most of them were built in. Without a front axle and transfer case there is less to service, less to go wrong and slightly less weight to carry around, which on a vehicle with a 660cc engine is not nothing. For sealed surfaces — a yard, an estate road, a campus, a market — it is all the drivetrain the job needs.

Below $5,000 you are buying age and mileage rather than specification. What you get for it is a road-registerable vehicle with a real bed and a real cab for less than a decent side-by-side costs.

How the purchase works

Built in 1999, it sits the far side of the 25-year federal import cut-off. We take care of the entry documents and the title, then arrange shipping to wherever you are. This listing carries a walkaround video as well as the gallery. Asking $4,490. Contact us and we will reserve it against your name.