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Domingo 1.0 2WD
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Domingo 1.0 2WD

KJ5/KJ8 · 1983–1994RWD

The Domingo 1.0 2WD is the rear-drive version of the first-generation Domingo, a seven-seat micro-MPV stretched out of the Sambar with the engine behind the rear axle. It was sold in Japan with the three-cylinder EF10 1.0-litre engine and a manual gearbox, over the years of the generation from 1983 to 1994. Rear-wheel drive was the standard layout, with four-wheel drive as the option.

1983-1994Year
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Specifications

Powertrain
Engineering details
Displacement1.0 L
Cylinders3
FuelPetrol
TransmissionManual
DrivetrainRWD

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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