1998 Subaru Sambar HD Dump 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi, EL Gear, 5MT#BUC37039

1998 Subaru Sambar HD Dump 4WD, finished in White — a Japanese-market vehicle now in stock with us. We have it on file as stock number 451-7, chassis KS4-351477. The chassis code on this one is KS4. 9 photographs of this specific vehicle are on this listing.

Under the skin of a 1998 Sambar HD Dump 4WD

The engine is recorded as the EN07 — 660cc 4-cylinder. Sending drive forward from a rear-mounted EN07 gave Subaru a four-wheel-drive layout unlike anything else in the class. This Sambar HD Dump 4WD is fitted with a manual gearbox. The trim designation records selectable 2WD / 4WD high and an extra-low crawler gear. The EN07 is a genuine four-cylinder in a kei-sized package. Subaru kept building it long after almost everyone else had settled on three cylinders, and it is the single biggest reason Sambars have their own following.

What we have on record for this Sambar HD Dump 4WD

Recorded mileage on this 1998 Sambar HD Dump 4WD is 49,944. That reading of 49,944 came to us without a unit attached, and we have left it exactly as found.

1998 Subaru Sambar HD Dump 4WD: the background

Subaru's rocker covers carry a cast "CLOVER4" badge with a four-leaf clover — a nod to the four-cylinder layout the company built its kei reputation on. The KS4 designation places this 1998 Sambar HD Dump 4WD in the fifth-generation Sambar, built between 1990 and 1999. On four-wheel-drive Sambars the drive runs forward from the rear-mounted engine, the exact reverse of the usual kei arrangement.

Practicalities of this Sambar HD Dump 4WD

Four-wheel drive on a dump body matters most when the bed is full and the ground is soft — which is usually the same moment. A 1998 build date puts this one well past the 25-year federal import threshold. It is listed at $12,900.