I have long felt that a (small) dropside pick up would be the ideal work vehicle for my needs, ideally something like a Daihatsu Hijet, Piaggio Porter or Suzuki Carry. These are very hard to come by these days though (apart from JDM import Kei trucks, which will only carry 350kg, not enough for me). So the Porter which has cropped up for sale has very much peaked my interest.

The Porters which were officially sold in the UK between (approx) 2000 and 2010 were just rebadged versions of the Daihatsu Hijet, complete with with that vehicle's (nigh on indestructible) Daihatsu/Toyota 1.3 petrol. But the example I am looking at is a 2015 facelifted model which uses what is claimed to be an all new 1.3 engine called Multijet.

I know this is a long shot (what with them never officially being available here) but does anyone know anything about the engine, specifically re reliability, but also whether it is actually "all new" or just an updated version of the Hijet unit?. What I have found out is that it is a 1299cc 16v twin cam with chain drive.

Thanks :-)