asusimpreza
07-16-2001, 10:53 PM
I have heard of the Subaru SVX, but I never seen one in RL till the other day. Driving around Monterey Park (yes, asian central) and there it was in front of me. Extremely weird, I didn't know it was a Subaru until I saw the six stars.
So, I suppose this wasn't a successful car in America? Hardly anyone talks about them. Kinda like it belongs in folklore.
Ben
Peter Hadfield
07-17-2001, 12:37 AM
You are correct in that the car did not sell well! I have owned an SVX since 1999 and love it. It is a great touring car! Subaru did not market the car well. I think SOA has learned a lot since then about marketing their vehicles. Only 14 thousand or so were sold in the states. It is a very rare car indeed!
Youngun
07-17-2001, 12:51 AM
I see one every day. One of the administrators at my school drives one :-)
North Ursalia
07-17-2001, 01:21 AM
It's very hard to market a Subaru as an Italian-designed (Italdesign, same design house Ferrari uses) sports coupe for $35000 when you are known in the US for boxy grocery getting wagons and quirky sedans. If they brought the SVX back now, I would bet it would sell quite well...
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glenstiles
07-17-2001, 03:05 AM
"Kinda like it belongs in folklore."
"Ah yes, the mythical SVX. We did fear it. Ay laddie, they do exist... ohh, imagine a fire breathing, tranny eating, AWD monster coming up on ya... you'll hear it first, the roar of the wheel bearings sending a chill through the villagers- and watch out for its flat six 230 hp engine, it'll gobble you up on the freeway- gobble gobble gobble. Oh, the humanity..."
Hehe
Glen
Stanley
07-17-2001, 03:39 AM
I drove a maroon (1994 I think) SVX. I didn't buy it because A) it was 7 years old going on 25 (interior was beat), B) I just knew I could not deal with an automatic and C) the guy selling it had only owned it about 9 months and he seemed full of BS.
The flat six pulled pretty good, though.
pdlindor
07-17-2001, 11:53 PM
Ahh...the SVX.
When it first came out, that was the car I'd wanted so badly! I, however, was in high school and coudn't afford a car at all, let alone a new luxury sports coupe. I loved the goofy windows and everything. My girlfriend got so sick of me going nuts whenever I'd see one in the flesh (all of 4 times here in Wisconsin) ...then they discontinued it. It took me a long time to like the Impreza, but now I wouldn't trade my RS for anything... ;)
sigh...the good ol' days.
~Paul