So far in our series sharing the new kei vans available in Japan right now, we've seen the Daihatsu Move Canbus, the Suzuki Wagon R Smile, and the Honda N-VAN e. Today the 2025 Subaru Sambar Dias ...

None of this stops me from wanting a Suzuki Carry, a Honda Acty or a Subaru Sambar to take out into nature where the kei trucks’ low top speed won’t matter and get lost for a few days.

The Subaru Sambar is unlike any vehicle on the roads in the U.S. today, but it's that uniqueness and clever use of space that makes it a hit among owners.

It all began when I started seeing this white Subaru Sambar in my Denver neighborhood. Like nearly all JDM vans around here (there are many, mostly Mitsubishi Delicas and Toyota HiAces), it ...

None of Subaru's American PR people or, for that matter, any of the other American journalists took seriously my interest in Subaru's tiny Kei-car offerings, especially the little trucks and vans.

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In fact, Decelle’s Subaru 360 Sambar may be unique in the province, and quite possibly in the whole country. “As far as I know, there isn’t another one in Canada,” he says.

While the 2WD cargo version of the Sambar starts at just ¥1,100,000 (about $7,537 at the time of this writing), the more luxurious 4WD Sambar Dias passenger van has an MSRP of ¥1,815,000 (about ...