1999 Honda Acty SDX · 109,999 mi

Up for sale: a 1999 Honda Acty (White), brought in from the Japanese domestic market. Transmission is manual. The number on the plate is HA7-1006065.

About the HA7 Acty

The HA7 is the four-wheel-drive truck from the Acty generation Honda launched in 1999 and built until 2009. It uses the fuel-injected 656cc E07Z in the same mid-mounted position as every Acty before it, and it was the first Acty designed to the wider post-1998 kei dimensions. Honda offered a real-time system on many HA7s, which sends torque forward automatically when the rear wheels slip rather than waiting to be switched.

The odometer has passed six figures at 109,999 miles, roughly 177,000 km. A kei engine of this family displaces 656cc and works harder per mile than a larger unit, which is simply how the class is engineered.

The data we hold

• Year: 1999
• Make: Honda
• Model: Acty
• Chassis code: HA7
• Transmission: Manual
• Odometer: 109,999
• Engine: 656cc 3-Cylinder (E07A)
• Colour: White
• Chassis number: HA7-1006065
• Body type: Kei Truck / Mini Truck
• Stock reference: BUC32109

What you are buying

Whatever the drive configuration, the Acty's defining layout is the same: the engine lies flat beneath the load bed, between the axles, rather than under the cab or ahead of it. That is why the deck floor is low, why the cab has no engine hump, and why the truck turns in like something considerably more expensive than a 660cc commercial.

This sits in the cheapest band of the market. At this level a 1999 Honda Acty is competing with used garden machinery and utility vehicles on price while offering a cab, a heater and a licence plate, which is the argument most buyers at this end are making.

How the purchase works

With a 1999 build year it clears the 25-year rule that applies to importing vehicles never sold new in the US. The paperwork side — import documentation and title — is our job, and we deliver anywhere in the US. The figure is $4,095, and a message is all it takes to put it aside.