1995 Subaru Sambar Van Classic#BUC38280

This is a 1995 Subaru Sambar Van Classic finished in Green, one of the Japanese imports we currently have available.

Sambar Van Classic: engine and drivetrain

This Sambar Van Classic carries the EN07: a 660cc engine. 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. The EN07 drives through an automatic gearbox.

Why the Sambar Van Classic is different

The name comes from the sambar deer, in keeping with the rest of Subaru's naming of that era. 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. 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.

Specifics for this Sambar Van Classic

Odometer at listing is 86900 km; the paperwork gives a condition of used.

Measured figures for this 1995 Sambar Van Classic

On the paperwork it measures 330cm × 140cm × 190cm. It is on file with a kerb weight of 870kg, a rated load capacity of 200kg and 8.77m³ of measured cargo volume. It is registered as a 4-seat Kei van, Vans, built in 1995. That is 200kg of payload on a 870kg vehicle, a load-to-weight ratio most full-size pickups do not come close to.

Ownership and import of this Sambar Van Classic

Sambar Van Classics were bought in Japan for delivery rounds, trade work and mobile services, and the body reflects exactly that brief. A 1995 build date puts this one well past the 25-year federal import threshold.