2000 Subaru Sambar#BUC02479

We have this 2000 Subaru Sambar on the lot, finished in White, imported direct from Japan. Drive on this Sambar is four-wheel drive. We have it on file as stock number 7QXI3O, chassis TT2071663. There are 10 photographs of this exact vehicle on this page — not stock images of a similar one.

The 2000 Sambar in context

Enthusiasts nicknamed the rear-engined Sambar the "agricultural Porsche", and the joke does real work: rear engine, rear drive, four cylinders, independent suspension all round. When production ended, the supercharged EN07 was the only supercharged engine left in any Japanese car, kei or otherwise — the Sambar was the last kei truck you could order with forced induction. Putting the engine behind the rear axle loads the driven wheels, and that is a large part of why Sambars have the traction reputation they do. Subaru gave the Sambar four-wheel independent suspension from the very first 1961 model, at a time when Japanese passenger cars mostly did without it — struts at the front, semi-trailing arms at the rear.

The mechanical side of this Sambar

It runs a 660cc engine. The 2000 Sambar came with a manual gearbox, and that is what this one has.

2000 Subaru Sambar: recorded details

A 2000 vehicle showing 65,865 mi, recorded with a condition of used. Interior colour is recorded as Grey. Fuel type on file is Gasoline.

What a Sambar is good for

A 2000 Sambar is old enough to be simple and new enough to be usable, which is most of why this generation gets exported rather than scrapped. What you see is what we have: a White Sambar on our lot, not a listing for a vehicle still in an auction hall. It is listed at $4,725.