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Originally posted by Jerkstor
Top Speed?
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Top speed is debatable, and actually when you ask whether FWD or AWD SVXs are faster, something else comes into play.
When the 1992 SVX was introduced, it was advertised with an estimated top speed of 143mph. Some people claim to have gone faster than that. I took my '93 to a little over 130 (GPS verified). That was plenty fast enough, and the car was still accellerating.
But, starting with the 1994 MY SVXs, Subaru electronically limited the cars to the estimated 143mph top speed.
I would venture a guess that, without the extra weight of the back half of the drivetrain, FWD SVXs might have a slightly higher top speed. Unfortunately, we can't test this because all FWD SVXs were built after Subaru introduced the electronic speed limiter.