The locally-manufactured Toyota Hiace Ses'fikile is hugely popular in South Africa and it to a large extent forms the backbone of South Africa’s transport system. These people movers transport millions of South Africans to and from work every single day in all major city centres across the country.
Built at Toyota’s Prospecton plant in Durban, the Hiace Ses'fikile is a big money-spinner for Toyota locally. For context, in August 2019, a total of 1 578 Hiace Ses'fikile units were sold, which is more than most passenger cars sold in the country. The Hiace Ses'fikile remains the entry point to Toyota’s minibus taxi range while the new, recently-introduced Quantum is considered to be the more ‘upmarket’ people-moving solution.
There are 2 Hiace Ses'fikile derivatives on offer, both offering seating for 16 passengers. There are 2 engine options available.
The first is a naturally-aspirated 2.7-litre petrol engine with 111 kW and 241 Nm and mated with a 5-speed manual transmission. Fuel consumption is claimed at 14.3 L/100km.
The diesel option is a 2.5-litre turbodiesel engine with 75 kW and 260 Nm of torque which is mated with a 5-speed manual transmission. Toyota claims a fuel consumption figure of 9.9 l/100km.
Hiace Ses'fikile 2.7 Petrol – R426 300
Hiace Ses'fikile 2.5 D-4D – R451 600
The Hiace Ses'fikile is sold with a 3-year/100 000 km warranty and a 6 Services/60 000 km service plan.
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