Hiace parts from Dubai for export: matatu, kombi and taxi fleets

Wikipedia numbers the modern Hiace generations four to six. The fourth, the H100, ran from August 1989 to August 2004 with 5L, 1KZ-TE and 2L-T diesels and 1RZ and 1TR-FE petrols. The fifth, the H200, began in August 2004, and Wikipedia says it kept selling after its successor arrived, naming Kuwait, Egypt and Pakistan as of April 2020. The sixth, the H300, made its global debut in Manila on 18 February 2019.

The H200's engines are the ones fleets abroad ask about: the 2.0 litre 1TR-FE and 2.7 litre 2TR-FE petrols, and the 2.5 litre 2KD-FTV and 3.0 litre 1KD-FTV diesels, with the 1KD from 2006. Toyota's January 2024 engine notice adds the 1GD diesel in the Hiace from December 2017, sold to Japan, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The H300 launched with the 1GD 2.8 diesel or the 7GR 3.5 petrol V6, per Toyota, and Wikipedia adds the 2TR-FE.

Toyota's UAE page for the 2026 Hiace lists a 2.7 litre four-cylinder with a five-speed manual, a 3.5 litre V6 with a six-speed manual and a 2.8 litre diesel in its feature summary, and describes a van that seats 13. Toyota calls the H300 an all-new body on a specially revised platform, so a body, lamp or chassis quote for an H200 will not carry across, though the 2TR-FE and 1GD appear in both generations.

In Kenya the Hiace is the van behind many matatus. A BestSellingCarsBlog summary of 2024, seen only as a snippet, gives it 12.9% of new sales, and Business Daily's count from tax-authority data had 5,353 Hiaces registered over 22 months to October 2018. Wikipedia says over 70% of commuter trips in cities such as Nairobi use matatus, with each one required to be linked to one of more than 600 SACCOs, so the demand is repeat buying.

Uganda calls the minibus a taxi, and one import agent's Uganda guide puts the Hiace van first among popular imports, ahead of the Prado, the Mitsubishi Canter and the Isuzu Elf. The UAE ranked second among Uganda's declared vehicle-part suppliers in 2023, at 23%. A Kampala buying guide says mechanics there keep five or six trusted suppliers, and that quality varies from stall to stall.

In Zimbabwe the van is the kombi, and its parts are sold on Kaguvi Street in Harare. A Sunday Mail report of January 2019 named kombi and pirate-taxi operators among the street's buyers, and listed tyres, brake pads, shock absorbers, clutches, ball bearings, batteries, oil filters and service kits, priced and paid in US dollars. South Africa, where the same van is the Quantum, supplies 43% of Zimbabwe's recorded vehicle-part imports.

Zambia is the thinnest of the four in our sources. We expect Lusaka minibuses to buy Toyota and Isuzu diesel parts, and South Africa supplies 38% of Zambia's recorded vehicle-part imports against the UAE's 4.5%. That makes the Zambian trade a restock and range business, not a volume one.

A minibus operator replaces the same parts again and again, so a Hiace order is a restock list. The Harare report is the most detailed local evidence we have: brake pads, shock absorbers, clutches, ball bearings, oil filters and service kits, with tyres, engine oil and batteries beside them. Wet batteries are dangerous goods and stay out of our quotes, so that line goes to your agent.

Engine and drivetrain overhaul is the second basket. Of the baskets we looked at for Kenya and Uganda, matatu parts together with Isuzu truck parts were the best defined for trade quantities, with injectors, turbos and clutches named. The Hiace's 2TR-FE, 1KD-FTV, 2KD-FTV and 1GD-FTV each have their own gasket, bearing, timing and pump lines. Send the engine code with the list, because one body carries petrol and diesel.

The only local prices in our sources are old. The Harare report quoted kombi brake pads at USD 30 to 50, oil filters at USD 10 to 20 and tyres at USD 40 to 79 in 2019, and a trader interviewed there said cheap counterfeits do not last. Those figures fix the operator's budget, not today's price, and they show why a quote that names three grades helps: Genuine, OE-brand and Quality aftermarket.

No Hiace number was in our Dubai price check of 3 November 2026. On two other Toyota numbers, OE-brand came in at about 0.67 of genuine, quality aftermarket at 0.54 to 0.58 and budget at 0.15 to 0.23, all with VAT at Dubai counters. Expect that shape on Hiace lines, not those figures. One way to split a list is genuine where a failure stops the van and branded aftermarket on the repeat-wear lines.

Fake parts are a documented risk where these vans run. Zimbabwe's state fleet agency warned in August 2025 about fake brake fluid and told buyers to use members of the motor industry association, and Kenyan studies rank spare parts among the most counterfeited goods. Ask for the distributor's invoice on any genuine filter, because oil filters were AED 2.81 million of the AED 7.46 million of fakes Al-Futtaim reported seizing in 2024.

Yes for body and chassis, less so for engines. Toyota's all-new H300 body means panels, lamps, bumpers and the chassis lines will differ from the H200's, while the 2TR-FE and 1GD-FTV appear in both. Within the H200 the 1GD joined the KD diesels from December 2017, so a 2016 van and a 2019 van can sit in one generation and carry different engine parts.

Gulf vans are left-hand drive, and Toyota UAE's page offers the 2.7 petrol and the 3.5 V6, while the vans in Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Zambia are right-hand drive and the markets use petrol 2TR and diesel KD and GD engines. Engine parts follow the engine code, not the van's market, while steering and dashboard parts follow the drive side.

Aftermarket makers build brake, suspension, filter and engine parts for right-hand-drive vans too, so those lines are quoted by part number. A steering rack or a dashboard belongs to one side of the van, and is quoted by part number alone after a person has matched the number to your VIN.

Send the VIN or chassis plate, the engine code, the roof and wheelbase (standard or long, normal or high roof, van, commuter or tourism body), the month and year of build, the drive side and the number or a photograph of each old part. One list for the whole fleet is easier to quote together than separate messages for each van.

Before paying, check that the van on the quote is the generation you drive, because an H200 line and an H300 line can share a name and little else. Ask for each line's grade and brand. If the goods are going to Zimbabwe, ask your clearing agent whether the CBCA general-goods route applies to the consignment; the agent books it, not us.