1992 Subaru Sambar 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi, EL Gear, 5MT, Like New#BUC01236

Here is a 1992 Subaru Sambar 4WD, finished in White, imported from Japan and offered by Bucks Mini Trucks. We have it on file as stock number 434-4, chassis KS4-129631. The chassis code on this one is KS4. There are 9 photographs of this exact vehicle on this page — not stock images of a similar one.

Sambar 4WD: engine and drivetrain

This Sambar 4WD carries the EFNS: a 660cc 3-cylinder engine. The 660cc engine drives through a manual gearbox. The trim designation records selectable 2WD / 4WD high and an extra-low crawler gear.

1992 Subaru Sambar 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 name comes from the sambar deer, in keeping with the rest of Subaru's naming of that era. Japan's Akabou courier cooperative ran Sambars almost exclusively for three decades, on a factory type-approved version with its own valves, pistons, rods and crankshaft built to cover 200,000 kilometres of courier work — a fair indication of what the platform tolerates.

Specifics for this Sambar 4WD

Odometer at listing is 12,786. That reading of 12,786 came to us without a unit attached, and we have left it exactly as found.

Ownership and import of this Sambar 4WD

Plenty of buyers keep a Sambar 4WD looking exactly as it arrived; this one is White and presented as we received it. A 1992 build date puts this one well past the 25-year federal import threshold. The asking price is $14,900. Japan raised the kei displacement ceiling to 660cc in January 1990, and the 660cc unit in this 1992 Sambar 4WD was engineered to sit just inside it.