The Original Mini 4WD (ミニ四駆) series, simply known as Mini 4WD, Comical Mini 4WD and RV Mini 4WD by Shogakukan's magazines, is the first Mini 4WD car line-up introduced by Tamiya in 1982.
Unlike the rest of the Mini 4WD series, the mini cars in the Original Mini 4WD line-up wasn't designed for racing as they uses the combination of worm gears and spur gears. All the mini cars in this line-up are licensed real-life vehicles. Featuring in this line-up is the long-wheelbase Origin Chassis and Origin-2 Chassis, the short-wheelbase Comical Chassis, the temporary Cruiser Chassis and the final RV Chassis.
The Origin Chassis vehicles were also released under the name of Sand Scorchers in the United States, distributed by Model Rectifier Corporation (which also distributed early Racing Mini 4WD cars).
List of Mini 4WD cars
- Ford Ranger 4x4 Pickup (Origin Chassis)
- Chevrolet Pickup 4x4 (Origin Chassis)
- Toyota 4x4 Pickup (Origin-2 Chassis)
- Nissan Safari (Origin-2 Chassis)
- Range Rover (Origin-2 Chassis)
- Honda City Turbo (Comical Chassis)
- Mitsubishi Pajero Wagon 2000 Turbo XL (Comical Chassis)
- Mercedes-Benz 280 GE (Comical Chassis)
- Mercedes-Benz Unimog (Comical Chassis)
- Wild Willy Jr. (Comical Chassis)
- Suzuki Jimmy (Comical Chassis)
- Toyota Land Cruiser (Team ACP) ('89 Paris-Dakar version, '90 Paris-Dakar version) (Crusier Chassis)
- Mitsubishi Pajero Metaltop Wide (RV Chassis)
- Toyota Rav4 (RV Chassis)
- Isuzu Mu (RV Chassis)
- Toyota Hilux Surf SSR-G (RV Chassis)
- Toyota Ipsum L-Selection EX (RV Chassis)
- Toyota Land Cruiser Prado RZ (RV Chassis)
- Isuzu VehiCROSS (RV Chassis)
- Toyota Land Cruiser 100 Wagon (RV Chassis)
- Suzuki Jimmy Wide (RV Chassis)
- Mitsubishi Pajero V6 3500 (RV Chassis)
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1980 | Original Mini 4WD · · | |
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Others | EVO Chassis Set · Beginner's Mini 4WD |