2019 Daihatsu Hijet Japanese Minitruck (ac, ps) · 4WD · 18,140 mi

Considering a kei truck? This 2019 Daihatsu Hijet, wearing White is available through Kei Truck Direct. Drive is 4WD, through a manual transmission. Quote stock BUC40741 when you get in touch.

The details on this one

• Year: 2019
• Make: Daihatsu
• Model: Hijet
• Drivetrain: 4WD
• Transmission: Manual
• Odometer: 18,140
• Engine: KF 660cc 12-valve DOHC
• Colour: White
• Body type: Kei Truck / Mini Truck
• Stock reference: BUC40741

The Hijet, in context

Daihatsu replaced the EF three-cylinder with the twin-cam, 12-valve KF series in the later Hijets, and kept everything else that makes the model what it is: a cab-over truck or van engineered to the 3.40-metre kei limit, offered in more factory body styles than any competitor. The Hijet has been in production under that name since 1960.

It carries 18,140 miles — about 29,200 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.

How this one is set up

A four-wheel-drive Hijet is the configuration Daihatsu sold to Japanese farms and construction trades, and the body options reflect it — this is the chassis that got the tippers, the lifts and the power-take-off drives. Drive runs rearward from the under-cab engine with a selectable front axle, so the truck behaves as a rear-driver on tarmac and brings the front wheels in only when asked.

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.

How to take it

You do not deal with the import paperwork; we do, and we organise delivery to your address. It is listed at $13,200. Get in touch to put a hold on it.