Toyota launched the Hiace Regius in April 1997 as a passenger-only sibling of the Granvia, using the same semi-bonneted XH10 underpinnings. It was renamed simply Regius in August 1999 and sold until May 2002. The range included petrol and diesel engines with rear or four-wheel drive and automatic transmissions, topped by the 3.0-litre 1KZ-TE turbodiesel, which gained an intercooler in 1999. The Regius Ace appeared in 1999 as a rebadged H100 Hiace van and ran to 2004, and a second generation based on the H200 followed. The two names are easy to confuse because they sat on different bases.
The Hiace Regius was a Japanese passenger van built on the Granvia platform and sold from 1997 to 2002. The separate Regius Ace was a luxury-oriented rebadge of the ordinary Hiace van, sold from 1999 to 2004.
29years
2generations
10trims
90–143hp range
MPVVan
The Lineage
2 generations · tap any to explore7 trimsHiace Regius (CH4#/XH4#)
1997–2002
3 trimsRegius Ace (RZH1##/LH1##)
1999–2004
The Story
Why the Hiace Regius mattersTrims · Regius Ace (RZH1##/LH1##)
3 trims · 1999–2004Van-only Hiace H100 variant, 4AT/5MT, RWD and 4WD, sold Jul 1999 to Aug 2004.