1999 Subaru Sambar 5 speed + Granny Gear · 4WD

This 1999 Subaru Sambar 5 speed + Granny Gear is in our US inventory and available now. Configuration: 4WD, 5-speed manual transmission. Reference BUC58025 on our stock list.

On paper

• Year: 1999
• Make: Subaru
• Model: Sambar 5 speed + Granny Gear
• Drivetrain: 4WD
• Transmission: 5-Speed Manual
• Engine: 660cc
• Body type: Kei Truck / Mini Truck
• Stock reference: BUC58025

Know the Sambar 5 speed + Granny Gear

The Sambar generation Subaru launched in 1999 was the last one the company engineered itself — after 2012 the nameplate became a rebadged Daihatsu. It kept the rear-mounted 658cc EN07 four-cylinder and gained the wider post-1998 kei body. These are the final four-cylinder, rear-engined kei trucks and vans anyone built.

Our record for this Sambar carries no odometer figure, so we are not quoting one. We can read the instrument and tell you what it shows.

Why this configuration

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.

Between $8,000 and $12,000 the market moves from ordinary trucks to better ones: later chassis, lower readings, fuel injection, air conditioning, or a factory option that is hard to find. The step up from the mid band is usually specification rather than condition.

Buying this one

With a 1999 build year it clears the 25-year rule that applies to importing vehicles never sold new in the US. We handle the import and title paperwork, and delivery is available to all fifty states. Listed at $9,300 — tell us it is the one and we will take it off the market.