Daihatsu Hijet
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| Manufacturer: | Daihatsu |
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| Production: | 1960–present |
| Class: | Kei car |
| Body style: | Van, pickup truck |
| Platform: | MR layout, rear- or four-wheel drive |
| Similar: | Suzuki Carry Daewoo Damas Honda Acty Daihatsu Midget |
The Daihatsu Hijet is a small van and pickup truck made by Daihatsu. Despite the apparent harmony between the Hijet name and Toyota's naming scheme for its trucks and vans (Hiace, Hilux), the name "Hijet" has been in use for Daihatsu's kei trucks and vans since at least the 1970s, over two decades before Toyota took control. "Hijet", when transliterated into Japanese, is very similar to "Midget", one of Daihatsu's other mini-trucks.
Available engines for 2006 include the DVVT equipped 660 cc EF-VE, making 39 kW at 7000 rpm and 63 N·m of torque at 4000 rpm, and the 660 cc EF-SE, making 33 kW at 5900 rpm and 57 N·m of torque at 3600 rpm. The base model is mid-engine, rear drive, but four-wheel drive versions are available.
Hijets sold outside Japan are available with 1.0 and 1.2 L engines.
[edit] Hybrid Hijet
In 2002, Daihatsu debuted the Hijet Cargo Hybrid concept, a hybrid car, in Japan using a 660 cc engine. The car is based on the existing non-hybrid Hijet Cargo. Daihatsu calls it a mild hybrid design. Its design (called Daihatsu Mild Hybrid System or DMHS based on Toyota hybrid technology) is quite different from many existing hybrid design where as the gas and electric powered components assembled as one unit. The electric motor sits between the gasoline powered engine and the transmission unit. The car is 30% more fuel efficient than its gas-powered counterpart.
The car made its debut in 2002 as a concept car. Its production was announced in October 2004 but as of May 2006 had not been released.
[edit] Trivia
- The US TV customization show Pimp My Ride pimped out a Daihatsu Hijet for its first episode. The modifications were designed to evoke a jet airliner, as a pun on the Hijet's name.
[edit] External links
- Daihatsu webpage
- spec. of the car
- Reviews from Hijet owners around the world
- A team aim to take a 1988 Hi-jet 12,000km from London to Mongolia by entering it in one of the world's toughest car rallies
- Japanese Mini Truck
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