Toyota Touring HiAce

The Toyota Touring Hiace is a one-box minivan that Toyota produced and sold from 1999 to 2002. It appeared on 3 August 1999 when the earlier Hiace Regius was split into the Touring Hiace, sold only through Toyopet dealers, and the Regius, sold through the former Vista dealers. The Touring Hiace carries the large aero parts that were optional on the Regius as standard equipment, which makes it a car registered only in the wider size class, and it normally came in a single grade with the V Package as an option. It shares its platform with the larger Granvia and Grand Hiace. The engines carried over unchanged: a 3.0 litre inline four SOHC intercooled turbo diesel, the 1KZ-TE, and a 2.7 litre inline four petrol, the 3RZ-FE, with rear wheel drive or four wheel drive. Production ended on 21 May 2002 when the Alphard arrived, after 13,983 new vehicles had been registered.