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.
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 |