funny letter in the July Automobile magazine
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"The quandary over classifying Mazda's RX-8 reminds me of the early '90s and the questions about the Subaru SVX. Like the SVX, the RX-8 is boldly quirky, but it remains to be seen whether the RX-8 has as much soul as the SVX. Let's hope Americans buy enough RX-8s to save the car from the untimely termination that the SVX received." Hmm. I will agree about his kind words for our cars. :) |
Aw, that's so sweet. :)
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Nice.
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we got soul, brutha!
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Not all have such kind words for the SVX. In the latest issue of Sport Compact Car, they discuss the B11S, and they say something like now would be a good time to bring the B11S to market because people have all but forgotten the fiasco of the SVX. And I used to like that magazine! ;-)
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I don't think the brakes are that bad, and neither do any magazine reviews I've read about it. In fact, it stopped a lot better than some other similar cars of that era.
- Rob |
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Well, maybe about the wheel bearings. I think I finally have one going. ;) |
Funny, I was just thinking today....wondering what a 2003 SVX would look like had it been the MARKETING success it deserved to be.
Not sure if that was a battle that could ever be won, at least at that time. Even now, when $35,000 isn't really a mega-buck price for a car people still think "yeah, but for a Subaru?" Can't really blame the car mags of the day as I seem to remember all of them singing its praises - although I think they went a little overboard on the supposed "quirkiness" of the SVX. |
Yeah, to pass the time in night school (replacing a class i screwed up in), i buy some weird import tuner magazines. One of them said about the B11S:
It's doubtful that Subaru would put it in to production, but then again, they produced the SVX, so we'll see. I was tempted to send them a letter with pics of some of our modded cars. (since they were a tuner magazine) |
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i'm glad it wasn't popular. makes it more "exotic" (and low prices!) |
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And I agree about the popularity. WTF is that?! hehe. It rules. - Rob |
maybe i'm spoiled from the "hand of God" Porsche brakes, but at the same time, i had a '90 P.O.S Lumina with 135k miles that i beat the hell out of, but the rotors never warped.
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