1996 Subaru Sambar Truck · 4WD · 76,600 mi

This particular kei truck is a 1996 Subaru Sambar Truck, wearing White, and it is here rather than on a boat. On the paperwork it is 4WD with a 5-speed manual box. Its chassis number is KS4-280420.

On 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 recorded reading is 76,600 miles — somewhere around 123,300 km. Subaru built the rear-mounted EN07 for the commercial duty cycle these vehicles were sold into, and high five-figure readings are the norm rather than the exception.

Vehicle details

• Year: 1996
• Make: Subaru
• Model: Sambar Truck
• Chassis code: KS4
• Drivetrain: 4WD
• Transmission: 5-Speed Manual
• Odometer: 76,600
• Engine: EN07 660 cc
• Colour: White
• Chassis number: KS4-280420
• Body type: Kei Truck / Mini Truck
• Stock reference: BUC00006

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.

Pricing for this 1996 Subaru Sambar Truck is quoted per enquiry. Send us your state and we will work out what the truck and its transport come to together.

The buying process

The 1996 build year puts it outside the 25-year window that restricts importing vehicles built to a foreign specification. The paperwork side — import documentation and title — is our job, and we deliver anywhere in the US. You can also watch the walkaround video above before deciding. Pricing on this vehicle is quoted per enquiry; tell us where it is going and we will come back to you.