1991 Subaru Sambar Truck Dump · 4WD · 28,100 mi

A Japanese import you can buy now — this 1991 Subaru Sambar Truck Dump, white over its original panels. You get 4WD here, with a 5-speed manual box. Identified by chassis number KS4-048516.

What the KS4 Sambar is

The KS4 is the four-wheel-drive Sambar truck built through the 1990s, and it inherits the layout Subaru stuck with long after everyone else abandoned it: the 658cc EN07 four-cylinder mounted at the very back, behind the rear axle line. Drive runs forward to the front wheels when selected. Four cylinders in a kei engine is the Sambar's signature, and the rear weight bias is why it is the one people pick for traction with an empty bed.

Odometer: 28,100 miles, approximately 45,200 km. Subaru's EN07 is a 658cc inline-four rather than a triple, so it turns over with four smaller reciprocating masses than anything else in the class, and the model's surviving population covers a wide span of readings.

The details on this one

• Year: 1991
• Make: Subaru
• Model: Sambar Truck Dump
• Chassis code: KS4
• Drivetrain: 4WD
• Transmission: 5-Speed Manual
• Odometer: 28,100
• Engine: EN07 660 cc
• Colour: White
• Chassis number: KS4-048516
• Body type: Kei Truck / Mini Truck
• Stock reference: BUC62970

What you are buying

Selecting four-wheel drive in a Sambar brings in a front axle on a vehicle whose engine already sits at the very back, behind the rear axle line. That rearward weight bias is deliberate and it is unique in the class. The bed above it stays flat and unobstructed because nothing mechanical runs underneath it.

We quote this truck individually. Where it has to travel is the single biggest swing on the final figure, so the honest thing is to ask for your delivery address first and give you one number afterwards.

How to take it

At 1991 it is past the 25-year mark, which is the line that decides whether a Japanese-market vehicle can be imported at all. You do not deal with the import paperwork; we do, and we organise delivery to your address. A walkaround clip sits with the photographs on this page. There is no list price on this one. Send us a message with your location and we will put a figure to it.