Subjective means just that - subjective, as in free of any type of objective consideration when making a judgement.
Don't get me wrong, I love my SVX to death, and have wanted one ever since I saw the spy photos in (oh irony!) an issue of Road and Track in 1991. But the SVX is a lot like the BMW 850 of the same time period, an automobile that in a lot of ways, is somehow less then the sum of it's parts.
If you'll recall, the 850 was panned in some quarters for not living up to the BMW heritage. Despite a dead sexy body, a potent V-12, the same legendary BMW suspension layout that gave such success to the 3 and 5 Series, the big coupe was niether as fast as it's looks or power suggested, not as nimble as it's suspension implied, and never came close to living up to the potential that was suggested by it's stunning looks.
Consider the SVX. Also has a dead sexy body, a potent (especially for the time) flat-six, a highly advanced all wheel drive system, big wheels and tires, and all of the ingredients that on paper suggest a world class sports coupe. It also sported some pretty decent acceleration figures for 1992, good braking distances on paper, and Motor Trend managed to wring a .92 on the skidpad, which was the highest lateral acceleration figure they had ever recorded. All three big magazines also managed to get high 60s in the slalom, which is a better handling benchmark and on par with purebred sports cars.
But cars are not just what they can do on paper. My SVX reminds me of a C4 Corvette - I know it has high handling limits, but the nervous little motions in the middle of a turn, the poor handling of sharp transient bumps, and what feels to me like slightly slow steering make me reluctant to approach them. C4 Corvettes I have driven feel the same way - the car does not really encourage you to play at the limit. In that sense, I could easily reconcile a high objective measurement (slalom speed, skidpad number), and a low subjective measurement (car doesn't make me feel secure at 9/10ths).
On the other hand, my BMW 735i, despite weighing 350lbs more then the SVX, exhibits much tighter body control, rides better, and doesn't have nervous little movements during cornering. I would be willing to bet, however, that in any measured test, the 7 would be slower to 60 and through the quarter mile, have a lower skidpad figure, a slower slalom number, longer braking distances, and generally come out on the worse end of any test figure not having to do with interior noise levels or inspiring hate in your fellow motorist.
In the end, though, I'm personally happy that people consistently don't value or understand the SVX. I love the car enough to overlook the little personality faults it displays, most of which can be fixed anyhow, and I like the fact that, unlike all my other dream cars, this one costs less then the average used Kia.
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