[svxistentialist]

Originally posted by LarryIII
Chris,

I seriously doubt that happening.
There is just no cache' attached to the name SUBARU.
I think that the SVX will become like a SAAB Sonnet, Fiat 124, or Renault Dauphine. The SVX will provoke curiosity and some interest but not real avid collecting. SVXers will always be on the edge of mainstream auto collecting.

But not quite.

Larry, the SVX has one thing going for it in the collectors sense, low volume sales. Exclusivity always bestows collectability eventually, but it could be a long time.

I would place the SVX in a similar category to the NSU RO80, the original rotary engined car. These were unloved when new [strange coincidence, by unusual breakdown prone transmission ] but have a number of clubs at present, and are cared for. Another car similar in marketing terms would be the Fiat 130 Coupe of the seventies. Lots of people like these.

I can see them being a collectible car with classic status, but we are talking 30+ years in the future.

Joe