1996 Subaru Sambar Supercharged 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi, AC, 5MT, Diff Lock#BUC67903

This is a 1996 Subaru Sambar Supercharged 4WD finished in Polar White, one of the Japanese imports we currently have available. We have it on file as stock number 458-5, chassis KS4-277360.

Powertrain on this Sambar Supercharged 4WD

This Sambar Supercharged 4WD carries the EN07Y: a fuel-injected 660cc 4-cylinder engine. Subaru was the last maker to keep a four-cylinder in the kei class, and the EN07 is that engine — four small cylinders instead of three larger ones, which is why a Sambar is so much less busy than a three-cylinder rival. This Sambar Supercharged 4WD is fitted with a manual gearbox. Listed drivetrain equipment includes a locking differential and selectable 2WD / 4WD high.

Odometer and specification — Sambar Supercharged 4WD

Odometer at listing is 36,033. The source recorded no unit alongside that figure, so 36,033 is reproduced exactly as stored rather than converted. Equipment recorded against this listing: air conditioning.

About the 1996 Subaru Sambar

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. Subaru's Sambar was the first ordinary kei truck and cab-van offered with four-wheel drive, from 1980. The KS4 designation places this 1996 Sambar Supercharged 4WD in the fifth-generation Sambar, built between 1990 and 1999.

Import and ownership — 1996 Subaru Sambar Supercharged 4WD

Farms, vineyards, ranches, grounds crews and building sites are where Sambar Supercharged 4WDs end up in the US, for the same reasons they ended up there in Japan — Japanese sources describe the kei truck as a necessity for moving tools, crops and catch. A 1996 build date puts this one well past the 25-year federal import threshold. The asking price is $13,900.