1992 Subaru Sambar 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi, EL Gear, 5MT, Like New · 12,786 mi

Our inventory currently includes this 1992 Subaru Sambar 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi, EL Gear, 5MT, Like New — the paint is down as White, a JDM kei truck brought over whole. Shifting is by a manual transmission. Stamped on the plate: KS4-129631.

Key figures

• Year: 1992
• Make: Subaru
• Model: Sambar 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi, EL Gear, 5MT, Like New
• Chassis code: KS4
• Transmission: Manual
• Odometer: 12,786
• Engine: EFNS 660cc 3 Cylinder
• Colour: White
• Chassis number: KS4-129631
• Body type: Kei Truck / Mini Truck
• Stock reference: BUC01236

About the KS4 Sambar

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.

The gauge reads 12,786 miles, or about 20,600 km as it was marked from the factory — a low figure by the standards of the Sambar's Japanese working life.

In use

The Sambar's layout does the heavy lifting here regardless of how the front axle is specified: a 658cc four-cylinder mounted behind the rear wheels, a completely flat bed floor with no drivetrain running beneath it, and a weight distribution that no other kei truck shares. Subaru kept that arrangement for decades after everybody else had abandoned it.

The $12,000 to $20,000 band is where specialist kei trucks sit — low-range transfer cases, locking differentials, factory work bodies, late chassis and genuinely low readings. These are not volume trucks and they do not come up often.

Paperwork and shipping

Because it was built in 1992, the federal 25-year exemption applies and the usual FMVSS and EPA conformity requirements fall away. Customs entry, import documentation and title work are all done here, and we arrange transport to any state. It is listed at $14,900. Get in touch to put a hold on it.