Toyota Hiace for Sale in Jamaica: The Route Taxi & Small Business Workhorse Guide

Updated July 2026

Nobody buys a Hiace for love. You buy a Hiace because it's going to earn — on a route, running deliveries, moving the church on Sunday and scaffolding on Monday. Which is exactly why Hiace shopping is different from car shopping: every number below is really a business decision.

As of July 2026 there are 180 Hiaces listed on Beego, and the price spread is wider than any family car — from J$580K for a 1994 that still works for a living, to nearly J$10M for late-model buses. Here's how to read that spread.

Hiace prices by age, from 180 live listings

• The old soldiers (pre-2010, 8 listed): J$580K–J$1.15M. A 1994 Hiace in Kingston at J$580K is the cheapest working van on the island. At this money you're buying a running chassis and a known engine — plan to spend on everything else.
• 2010–2015 (43 listed): typical range J$1.9M–J$4M, middle of the market J$2.98M. Example: a 2014 in St. Ann at J$2.88M. This is the working buyer's sweet spot — priced to recover its cost in service.
• 2016 and newer (124 listed — most of the supply): typical range J$3.15M–J$5.35M, middle around J$3.85M, with high-roof and high-spec buses like this 2017 at J$5.98M above that.

The route taxi math

If the van is going on a route, work backwards from earnings, not forwards from the sticker. A J$3M 2014 that starts every morning beats a J$1M gamble that eats two weeks of fares in the shop. The three checks that matter most on an ex-work Hiace:

1. Sliding door and floor. A route van's door opens 200 times a day. Check the track, the rollers, and the floor panel under the mat — that's where the van's real age lives.
2. Diesel vs. petrol. Diesels dominate the work market for running cost, but a smoking diesel is a rebuild bill. Cold-start it yourself.
3. Seat count and papers. If it's carrying passengers commercially, make sure the seating configuration matches what the paperwork says before money changes hands, not after.

Where the Hiaces are

Kingston & St. Andrew has 77 of the 180, but the country supply is real: Manchester holds 23, St. Elizabeth 19, St. Catherine 19. Hiaces outside town are often priced softer — and an ex-country van has usually worked roads, not idled in traffic, which cuts both ways. Check the underside.

Hiace or a Voxy/Noah?

If the real job is moving your family rather than paying passengers, stop here — a Voxy or Noah does the people-moving with car comfort, and there are over 600 of them listed. The Hiace premium only pays when the van works for its living.

The bottom line

• ~J$1M or under: old soldiers only — budget repairs like a second deposit.
• ~J$3M: the 2010–2015 working sweet spot.
• ~J$3.85M+: 2016+ — for buyers whose route or contract justifies it.

Browse all 180 live Hiace listings, filter by your parish, and save the search — work vans get snapped up by people doing exactly the math you just did.