Daihatsu Hijet Caddie


Compared to "K-Car" passenger car class from the fall again sluggish, the commercial truck market in the overall composition ratio remains close to 4 percent of the performance. The level of demand, especially in the commercial van has always been a steady growth. Faced with widespread product on this market situation, Daihatsu launched Hijet Caddie.


Hijet Caddie looks like "WAKE" by extending business-oriented vehicle. Simply put, is more primitive version of the basic size. The overall vehicle height from 1,835 mm slightly increased to 1,850 mm, mainly by longer suspension travel when lifting the load carrying. The high-end models only equipped with standard LED daytime running lights and LED headlamps, reduce maintenance costs of the vehicle.


Interior lay mostly follows the original design, changing the spatial variation function is still the biggest highlight of the whole car carpet and seat materials are made of anti-wear dirty material lying around. It can also change back scratch material imported, added convenience. Car door opened at 595 mm with low ground clearance is quite easy to load use. The submersible floor housing design, which can accommodate up to 1485 mm items upright and telescopic car door floor function, the space in the rear is plus points.


The drivetrain still maintain 658 cc three-cylinder gasoline engine, with naturally aspirated and direct-injection turbo, respectively with 52 hp and 6.1 kg-m torque. Turbo version can produces 64 hp and 9.4 kg-m torque, both equipped with CVT stepless transmission.

In active safety part, Hijet Caddie also equipped with Smart Assist driving assistance, including the front of the car collision warning, intelligent brake assist, lane deviation warning assist, front and rear wisdom detection and pedestrian detection and former car started to remind other auxiliary systems are all equipped with a complete, can be said that the Japanese K-car commercial vehicle market in the first precedent.