Bluedragon, the Non-supercharged Vans are pretty pokey. I have been in it with 2 other grown men and it was in 3rd gear by the time we ambled across the intersection from a standstill...
With the Bedford style front, it gives people a lot of time to admire how cool it is!

Usually though the prices on BAT soar in the last 6 hours. I'd say that white Sambar will eventually go for around $7000 in the end (just off trends, not actually examining the car and its details.)

The supercharged Sambar I was looking at was running about $6,000 up until the last day. Once it spiked past $8,000 I decided not to drive up for a look. Supposedly the VW body kit mods are rare and no longer available, raising the price (on top of the uncommon factory supercharger option.)

A Kei-class 2 seat coupe with forced induction would be more than fine, but a Sambar is quite a bit larger and less aerodynamic. If you load it, it would be much heavier too. I'm not sure how those things even move if you have 4 adults loaded in it.

So the non-Kei Libero (which is left hand drive) would be preferable. Harder to find though, I think these are mostly in continental Europe. The Sumo would be the RHD non-Kei Sambar derivative. It probably can be found in the UK. These models I think can actually hold 6 people with 3-row seating.

I haven't driven a supercharged Kei, but I have been driving a turbo model for just over a year, it is one of the funnest (most fun?) vehicles I have ever owned. The turbo kicks in and she happily revs to 8000+. Perfectly happy on the highway as well.
660ccs of fury!

A friend of mine has one, it's a cool little van, has the "Bedford" style front end.

blue dragon. just saw a white Sambar on BaT..   at $4000.. which is about all they are worth.. to me.. later bc

blue dragon.  well. what do you expect on BaT.. STUPIC money for everything..  btw.. you can buy in the uk for about 6000 quid..  lots of them on www.ebay.co.uk  .I bet you could buy direct from japan for about 3000 quid.. later bc

This Sambar sold on BAT a couple of weeks ago. I was very close to driving up to B.C. Canada to take a look and buy if the price was right, but it ended up higher than I wanted to pay for a Sambar (even a supercharged one, which would be almost usable on the Interstate.) I'm really holding out for a Libero (the non-Kei version of the Sambar.)

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1990-subaru-sambar/

I really like the VW look Sambar.. so cool

[email protected]   phone.. 1.704.487.6406 shop  1.704.487.6797 home

bill. i cannot find your email address.. can you get me your email address

who sells a UK moke though?

i don't know

jim.. check out www.carandclassic.co.uk  or www.ebay.co.uk   how much do you want for your UK moke.  I might have buyer for it..  in Seattle.. later  bc

I like Minis.. had my fun with them.. the japanese though were doing some really cool things in the early 1990s.

the orange one is real nice. white bar in front, white wheels, dual glass roof.  cool seats.

anyone want to buy a 1967 UK Moke in great shape with about 17K miles?  (just kidding, i think)

jimohio.. cool.. No I have NOT..  but will look at price on them..  the VW look is real neat.. thanks bc

also.. i really like these.. they take a sambar and make them look like a VW bus

https://www.google.com/search?q=vw+subaru+sambar&complete=0&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3jIDB3ufdAhUCZawKHcfbBuQQ_AUIDygC&biw=1657&bih=947

anyone like these things?

Bill, ever bring these in?

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1993-subaru-sambar-dias/?utm_source=dailymail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-10-02