1996 Subaru Sambar 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi, Extra Low Gear, 5MT · 32,530 mi

This is a 1996 Subaru Sambar 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi, Extra Low Gear, 5MT, wearing Polar White, sitting in our stock and ready to ship. Gearbox: manual. Chassis number KS4-289626.

Vehicle details

• Year: 1996
• Make: Subaru
• Model: Sambar 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi, Extra Low Gear, 5MT
• Chassis code: KS4
• Transmission: Manual
• Odometer: 32,530
• Engine: EN07 660cc 4 Cylinder
• Colour: Polar White
• Chassis number: KS4-289626
• Body type: Kei Truck / Mini Truck
• Stock reference: BUC13582

The KS4 Sambar, in context

KS4 denotes the selectable four-wheel-drive version of Subaru's fifth-generation Sambar, produced from 1990 until 1999. Its 658cc EN07 is an inline-four — unique in a class of three-cylinders — and it sits behind the rear axle under the bed floor, which puts the engine's mass where a kei truck most needs it. Subaru offered the EN07 in carburetted, fuel-injected and supercharged forms across the range.

Odometer: 32,530 miles, approximately 52,400 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.

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.

To proceed

At 1996 it is past the 25-year mark, which is the line that decides whether a Japanese-market vehicle can be imported at all. We take care of the entry documents and the title, then arrange shipping to wherever you are. Priced at $12,900; message us and we will hold it for you.