Toyota HiAce H100

Toyota lists the model codes RZH101G, RZH100G, RZH110G, LH100G, LH110G and LH107G for the generation, and later Wagon examples carry KZH codes. The July 1999 Wagon grades were Deluxe (ten seats), Super Custom (eight, semi-middle roof), Super Custom G (eight, triple moonroof) and Super Custom Limited (seven, triple moonroof), with Grand Cabin G-p and G-e as ten-seat, high-roof, super-long models. The Van grades were DX, GL Package and Super GL, and the Commuter was the 15-seat DX. Living Saloon EX, also July 1999, was a special specification based on the Super Custom G. Regius Ace, released the same month through Toyota Vista dealers, was essentially the HiAce Van renamed.

At launch Toyota offered newly developed 2-litre 1RZ-E and 1RZ petrols and a 2.4-litre 2RZ-E. Its representative Super Custom Limited ratings, all net, were 110 PS for the 1RZ-E, 120 PS for the 2RZ-E and 94 PS for the 2.4-litre 2L-T turbo diesel. The 3.0-litre 1KZ-TE reached the Custom Wagon in August 1993 at 130 PS and 29.5 kgf-m (289.3 Nm).

A water-cooled intercooler in July 1999 raised torque to 33.8 kgf-m (331.5 Nm) at the same 130 PS. The July 1999 Van matrix lists a 3.0-litre 5L diesel on the GL Package, and the 22 July 2003 update added a 2.0-litre 1TR-FE petrol. The sources used give no rating for the 3L, 5L or 1TR-FE.

Toyota's history says launch 4WD models used only the 2.8-litre 3L diesel. In August 1993 it replaced the part-time system, built around a transfer case, with a full-time system that has no centre-differential lock and no auxiliary transmission. Toyota's July 1999 catalogue lists a Super Custom G (KH-KZH106W) as full-time 4WD with the electronic four-speed automatic and an optional LSD, at 2,090 kg. That is the only late 4WD Wagon documented here, so other 4WD bodies and grades may differ.

The August 1993 Custom (Y-KZH100G) seated nine and measured 4,640 x 1,690 x 1,950 mm on a 2,330 mm wheelbase at 1,850 kg, with a five-speed floor shift. Toyota lists power-assisted rack and pinion steering, double-wishbone torsion-bar front suspension, a coil-sprung trailing-link rear axle, ventilated front discs, rear drums, a 70-litre diesel tank and dual air conditioning. The August 1996 Deluxe Long (E-RZH111G) seated ten at 4,900 mm on a 2,590 mm wheelbase and 1,710 kg, with driver and passenger airbags and ABS as standard. The July 1999 update lengthened the front body section by 50 mm, added second-row captain seats to the Limited and gave its steering wheel a woodgrain-effect rim.

On 7 August 2002 Toyota improved the Van and the Regius Ace Van: 5L diesel models gained an engine undercover and sound-absorbing material to meet exterior-noise rules, and the Super GL gained a wireless door-lock remote with answer-back. On 22 July 2003 the Van and Commuter received a newly developed 2.0-litre 1TR-FE petrol with DOHC 16 valves and VVT-i. The fifth-generation HiAce followed on 23 August 2004.

The US 25-year rule runs from each car's date of manufacture (49 CFR 591.5(i)), so use the build month, not the model year or the 1989 release date. EPA's over-21-years provision expects an engine of the same model and configuration as the original, and its 2011 overview also mentions equivalent or newer EPA-certified engines, so ask EPA about any swap. State registration rules are separate and are not covered here. Canada counts 15 years from the month and year of manufacture, treats buses under a separate rule (manufactured before 1 January 1971), and some provinces will not license right-hand-drive vehicles. Establish whether a Commuter is classed as a bus before relying on 15 years.