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1.0 4WD
Subaru›Domingo›KJ5/KJ8

1.0 4WD

KJ5/KJ8 · 1983–19944WD

The Domingo 1.0 4WD is the four-wheel-drive version of the first-generation Domingo, a seven-seat micro-MPV with its engine behind the rear axle, built from 1983 to 1994. Its 1.0-litre three-cylinder makes about 50 horsepower and drives all four wheels through a manual gearbox. Four-wheel drive was engaged pneumatically and was part-time at launch, becoming full-time with the June 1986 update.

49 hpPower
1983-1994Year
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Specifications

Powertrain
Engineering details
Engine1.0L inline-3 (EF10)
Displacement1.0 L
Cylinders3
FuelPetrol
Transmission5-speed Manual
Drivetrain4WD
Power49 hp
Dimensions & body
Doors4
Seats7

STORY

A seven-seat micro-MPV stretched out of the Sambar kei van, with the engine still behind the rear axle. Japan knew it as the Domingo; export markets got the same car under a name picked by competition so it would not read as a delivery van: Libero across continental Europe, Sumo in Britain, Columbuss in Sweden, Combi in Belgium and Estratto in Taiwan. The E10 and E12 badges in European brochures are engine sizes, not body codes. European years run ahead of Japanese ones: the second generation reached Germany in late 1993, months before the Domingo FA launched at home. In Finland the Elcat converted it to electric drive and kept building it until 2002, outliving the Domingo itself.

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