1997 Subaru Domingo · 4WD · 61,800 mi

If a kei van is what you are after, start with this 1997 Subaru Domingo, wearing Two-Tone Clear Water Blue Metallic / Charcoal. Configuration: 4WD, manual transmission. You will find FA8015867 on the chassis plate.

Key figures

• Year: 1997
• Make: Subaru
• Model: Domingo
• Chassis code: FA8
• Drivetrain: 4WD
• Transmission: Manual
• Odometer: 61,800
• Engine: I3 1.2L
• Colour: Two-Tone Clear Water Blue Metallic / Charcoal
• Chassis number: FA8015867
• Body type: Kei Van
• Stock reference: BUC66677

About the FA8 Domingo

The Domingo is Subaru's answer to a question nobody else asked: a Sambar van stretched to take seven seats and a larger engine, sold from the 1980s until 1998. It keeps the Sambar's rear engine and four-wheel-drive hardware but steps outside the kei class with a 1.0 or 1.2-litre three-cylinder, which is what lets it carry three rows. Camper conversions of it were popular in Japan.

It shows 61,800 miles on a gauge originally calibrated in kilometres, which puts it near 99,500 km. That sits in the middle of the band Sambars of this generation generally arrive at.

Why this configuration

A four-wheel-drive kei van is a small, dry, lockable load box that will still leave a sealed road. The engine sits under the cab floor in the usual kei arrangement and the front axle is selected from inside, so the van drives as a rear-driver until it needs not to. Within the class this is the most practical all-weather configuration there is.

Kei vans above $8,000 tend to be passenger-trimmed versions — seats, glass, trim, air conditioning — rather than plain cargo shells, or later chassis built on the wider post-1998 kei dimensions.

How to take it

A 1997 build date places this vehicle beyond the 25-year threshold that governs importing a non-US-market car into the United States. We handle the import and title paperwork, and delivery is available to all fifty states. The asking price is $10,080 — contact us to reserve it.