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Re: Where is vin 001?
I also believe that red car in the pics is the silver prototype pictured above. Also notice the fully round rear wheel arches that are in both the red and silver cars, which is different from our production wheel arches with the "flat" at the top.
I copied and pasted all of the writing from that website into translator and this is what comes up: "Pictures from friends SVX prototype 戴Kima****a 5 photos. It seems to be something that I've some to the Tokyo Motor Show. Because that's the good and the public, we published bon appétit. You can see a larger picture and click on the picture preview. All images are around 100kb. Shiny solid red. Emblem of the stars are shining 六連. Grill like S4. If you can see the dent in the door, rather than a stock car fender. Cool ~! 2cm by 4cm each side It seems to be increasing. Production line of Subaru vehicles, we are just at the time or the width of the Nor could they pull it. 22B also can not make it too big. Interior is beige. LHD. 17-inch wheels? Why are you broken bumper? A few years ago but it was self-propelled, so now I can not. 5 pictures a second, is not what I have and connecting the battery and alternator? Why do not photos of the back? From behind that wall? A sheet of paper with the sticker on the windshield that they do something? Look like a real car ~. SVX SVX and a smart-wide or do you prefer? Um ... I. Or as the other is (^_^" As for VIN 001, it would be very cool to find it if it still exists (or ever did).
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Re: Where is vin 001?
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This is what i understand from the translation: "Pictures of the SVX prototype taken by a friend (5 pics). Seems to be the SVX from the Tokio motor show. At public request, we publish the pictures, you can see the pics by clicking in the tumbnails. Shiny solid red. Emblem of the stars are 2cm x 4cm side to side, is seems to be increasing in the production line of Subaru models. They should make them smaller, like in the 22B. Grill like in the S4. 17" Wheels. If you can see where the fender meets the door you can see its different from an stock fender. Cool! Interior is Beige, LHD. Why the bumper is broken? A few years ago the car moved by itself, but now it cant. Wait..are they connecting the battery and alternator? (jump starting) Why theres no pictures from behind? What is that windshield sticker for? What SVX do you prefer, the wide body or the production model?(^_^) " Maybe my translation needs further translation. I hate Babel
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"Why are you broken bumper" is not the same as "Why the bumper is divided?" The original question is probably i response to the damage on the right part of the front bumper. They want to know what happened to cause the damage to this hstoric vehicle. .
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this bumper is obviously made of Fiberglass, because plastic cannot crack like this, unless it is the Toy plastic
Well I know that we are talking about the prototype, nothing more and nothing less, but it could be that the quality manufacturing of this bumper was very bad causing it to crack over there or something. Well I am not doubting Subaru quality or anything, but aren't Prototypes supposed to be "shiny from the outside and ****ty from the inside"?
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Uh i see what he meant, it made no sense for me. Fixed.
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Interesting headlight lens configuration though....
Not to mention that hideous license plate mounting bar! .
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. Subaru Ambassador 1996 Polo Green LSi #216..138,100 miles...SOLD JFICX8659TH100216.....Date of Manufacture: November 16, 1995..... Fuji Heavy Industries..Ōta North Plant....Ōta City,. Gunma Prefecture, Japan In-Service Date: January 2, 1997 "The Pristine Green Polo Machine” First Polo Green on the Network First Clear front turn signals, JDM Alcyone hood emblem, rear panel, and BOXER engine cover on the Network (US) (2000) First 5000K HID factory fog lights (2007) First SVX JDM BBS wheels on a USDM SVX (2013) HID lighting (5000K) for headlight and H3 fog lights, PIAA SuperExtreme 120W high beams, rebuilt EG33 longblock, Cometic head gaskets, Phase II flexplate, AMR aluminum radiator with custom silicone hoses, 160A high-output alternator in aluminum-ceramic coated case, new design alternator wiring upgrade v.4, rare factory headlight protectors, refinished JDM BBS mesh aluminum wheels and custom, polished billet aluminum new hex center caps, LED grille mod, R1 Concepts high-carbon cryo slotted rotors, Akebono ceramic pads, Goodridge S/S braided brake lines, Smallcar Stage 1 shift kit, ThermalTech aluminum/ceramic-coated valve covers, Energy Suspension urethane front & rear swaybar bushings, Bontrager22 rear swaybar with QS Components Chromoly Teflon/Kevlar endlinks, "$15.00/5 minute" suspension mod. Hella Supertone horns, Custom stainless steel exhaust system with 2" headpipes, Magnaflow cats, AeroTurbine AR25 resonator /AWD "Bullet" muffler. R.I.P. 2010 Subaru Outback Limited 2.5 CVT...338,000 miles. Totaled by a 1,300 lb. COW March 4, 2016 2014 Hyundai Avante Limited ...178,000 miles. Actually quieter and smoother than the Outback 2007 Mazda Miata MX-5 PRHT...102,000 miles. Plenty of parts, service and windshields. 4th Registered Network member —2/21/2001 My NEW locker..I...My Email..I..Wikipedia/SVX . . |
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I think that the bumper itself is pretty ugly, thank god it didnt make it into production.
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Check out the non-folding mirrors.
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Yeah translator is not perfect... I definitely lol'd at the "why are you broken bumper?"
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The rear of this car is shown here: It's my belief that this show car is not a pre-production evolution of the design that eventually emerged as the SVX that we now know. Rather it would appear that this car is a wide body modification to the finalised shape SVX. They may have done it this way to test reaction to the wide body changes or to some of the design features it carries, the rear wing being particularly attractive. It may have been either that they thought this modified car could have been used as the Pace Car as part of the launch strategy [negotiations about using an SVX pace car were going on for a while before production]. The reason I feel this particular car is a modification, a sporty modification of the finalised shape is shown in one of John's images: Check where the rear lights wrap around the body under the bootlid. Notice that at the bottom of the side lights they are recessed into the bodywork, the wider rear wing grows outwards horizontally from the side repeater lenses. To me this implies the rear bootlid size and wraparound light dimensions were fixed and decided at production dimensions at the time the wider wings were fitted to this pre-production design mule. Some pictures and detail on this particular car can be seen in my online album Here It seems also that this car has always worn two-tone leather uphostery, beige [or dark cream] with pale mushroom inserts. Different photo tones can make this appear to be different colours, but I believe all are the same and are very close to or based on production seats. Joe
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Where are all of the other prototypes? There has to be at least 6 I have seen, including the turbo badged one. It would be a shame if they were destroyed because the flip-up headlights look awesome.
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Re: Where is vin 001?
Has anyone run VIN checks on ...01 or ...03 through ...40??
Who has an active carfax and a few hours to kill??? Anyone with access to a VIN database more accurate? DMV? Insurance?
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Re: Where is vin 001?
That one is made out of clay. I don't think they save those.
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Re: Where is vin 001?
I don't think this should be labeled "Subaru Coupe" rather than "Italdesign Project". I don't think in 1986 there was a Subaru-Italdesign venture yet.
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Re: Where is vin 001?
i found another pic of the red widebody one
http://www.supercars.net/Pics?v=y&id...baru_SVX12.jpg |
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