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Old 09-26-2011, 11:37 PM
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Re: Post up any SVX questions for the Subaru Engineer here!

I got another ones off my head now..

Why no tri-tone color scheme for USDM?

Why the rear bearings are undersized?

Why did they shut down the minor face lift change project?
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Old 09-27-2011, 06:19 AM
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Re: Post up any SVX questions for the Subaru Engineer here!

What does all the freakin' heat blow on your feet?
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Old 09-27-2011, 10:06 AM
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Re: Post up any SVX questions for the Subaru Engineer here!

Why didn't they make it a hatchback. I mean the fold-down rear seat is nice, but if my SVX was a hatchback I wouldn't have to have a Legacy wagon besides...
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Old 09-27-2011, 10:56 AM
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I would like to hear about his experiences in putting the SVX project together. What it was like, what were the battles, what came out of it, positive and negative.

•Brand name? Was there a consideration to an alternate brand like Lexus, Acura, etc.?
•What other cars from different manufacturers (past and present, for the time) inspired your team during the design of the SVX?
•Split windows. What were your initial thoughts, What risks did you see? Was it a struggle to push through the concept to the head executives of Fuji with such a radical design?
•Were the rear spoilers from Guigiaro? At what point did the in-house designers take over?
•What were the manufacturing challenges? How was the SVX assembly line different from other Subarus lines of the time?
•500 miles a day? What were other general concepts/ideas that you wanted to fulfill with the SVX.
•Was there ever a plan to put a 5 speed into the SVX?
•Looking back, what are your thoughts on the US advertising campaign?
•If the SVX would have continued past 1997 and later what were some of the new model changes/updates that would have been implemented?
•Do you credit the SVX with pioneering technology that is used in later/current model Subarus… Impreza, WRX, Legacy, STi models?

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Old 09-28-2011, 07:31 AM
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Way has the not bee anny svx that look like the concept car?
Front bumper whit the foglight.
This one.
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Old 09-28-2011, 08:57 AM
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Way has the not bee anny svx that look like the concept car?
Front bumper whit the foglight.
This one.
I have to agree, for the "Limited Edition" they did in 1993, they should have made it the original concept car. That really would have made it special

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Old 09-28-2011, 10:25 AM
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•Looking back, what are your thoughts on the US advertising campaign?
It wa a disaster!

Read "Where the Suckers Moon: The Life and Death of an Advertising Campaign" by Randall Rothenberg.

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Old 10-01-2011, 09:34 PM
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I have to agree, for the "Limited Edition" they did in 1993, they should have made it the original concept car. That really would have made it special

Ray
+1 for that. Also there was a plan to make a face lift as a minor update. Never happened though...
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Old 10-01-2011, 09:40 PM
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Re: Post up any SVX questions for the Subaru Engineer here!

Wanted to share some questions that team came up with..
  • Why only Euro got the glass headlights?
  • What was the hardest/most difficult thing during the development?
  • What kind of funny stories or mistakes or something like that he can share with us today?
  • Why is the tranny so fragile..after millions of miles of testing?

etc.. Thought those questions are good ones to share with you guys.

They set up the deadline for the questions, which is 10/15. So if you got any questions, post them up here!

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Old 10-01-2011, 09:58 PM
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I've read "Where the Suckers Moon." And I even work with some senior ad execs who were just starting out at Wieden+Kennedy back in the day and worked on the Subaru campaign.

I really want to get his view from the other side... Was he watching in horror as his baby went down in flames in the US?

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Old 11-11-2011, 08:49 PM
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Any results on the massive amount of questions to be asked?
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