1998 Subaru Sambar 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi, EL Gear, AC, 5MT, Like New! · 43,908 mi

What you are looking at is a 1998 Subaru Sambar 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi, EL Gear, AC, 5MT, Like New!, listed as White, held in our US inventory. It has a manual box. You will find KS4-360160 on the chassis plate.

On paper

• Year: 1998
• Make: Subaru
• Model: Sambar 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi, EL Gear, AC, 5MT, Like New!
• Chassis code: KS4
• Transmission: Manual
• Odometer: 43,908
• Engine: EN07 660cc 4 Cylinder
• Colour: White
• Chassis number: KS4-360160
• Body type: Kei Truck / Mini Truck
• Stock reference: BUC28397

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.

Odometer: 43,908 miles, approximately 70,700 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.

What the specification means

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.

Above $12,000 a kei truck is being priced on specification rather than transport. A 1998 Subaru Sambar 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi, EL Gear, AC, 5MT, Like New! in this band is normally carrying hardware or a configuration that the ordinary working trucks do not.

How the purchase works

At 1998 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. It is listed at $13,900. Get in touch to put a hold on it.