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Originally Posted by SURTEESS
One thing to watch - here in NZ there were 2 early variations that were produced in Japan that DO NOT meet frontal impact safety testing reports.
Steve in NZ
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This is what Subaru NZ claims but is not correct. According to Subaru Japan the JDM SVX was never tested against the 1996 Japanese Frontal Impact Standards.
Due to very low production numbers, the cost of testing and that the 1996 S4 model was a carry over of the earlier models, Subaru Japan got an exemption from meeting the Standards for the SVX. The S4 model did get upgraded to include dual front airbags and this is the only model allowed to be imported into NZ now.
Subaru Japan also said that the JDM SVX 'would have most probably passed the Standards had it been tested as it had met or exceeded other world market crash standards at the time.'