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Why wasnt a Sun Roof fitted to the 1989 Concept SVX?
Why wasnt a Sun Roof fitted to the 1989 Concept SVX?
I was just pondering this question for the last few days lol
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Re: Why wasnt a Sun Roof fitted to the 1989 Concept SVX?
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Re: Why wasnt a Sun Roof fitted to the 1989 Concept SVX?
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Re: Why wasnt a Sun Roof fitted to the 1989 Concept SVX?
It's easy to forget how relatively new sun/moonroof technology is -and how relatively old our SVXs are: 1989 was early in sunroof history. I owned a couple of early sunroof models. In 1990, I purchased a 1984 Kalahari Porsche 944 that had a removable panel. I had a nice brown leather (or vinyl) bag to store the panel in the hatch area. In 1991 or 2, I got a 1988 2nd-generation White RX-7 Turbo II (188 bhp!, as I recall). I believe that RX-7 was the first car with a factory power roof. I especially remember that at 6'1" -and a full heard of hair, I barely fit in that great car, but that the sunroof area allowed me to tilt my head slightly to the right to get a better fit. Note that those early designs were for the tilt tops like our SVXs, and internal ones (which tended to steal internal space) came still later. Prior to that period, sunroofs -at least, in the US- were all sourced out after market.
Moreover, designers tend to be purists and most or many consider sunroofs as crass production/marketing matters; so many early concepts are "purer" artist editions. My brother was a purchasing manager for a manufacturer for many years and he still considers sun/moonroofs as tacky afterthoughts. |
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Re: Why wasnt a Sun Roof fitted to the 1989 Concept SVX?
depends if your referring to motorised or manual sunroofs, i remember my dad's 85 caddy had a crazy setup for a sunroof, but that car, like the svx was ahead of its time in tech,
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Re: Why wasnt a Sun Roof fitted to the 1989 Concept SVX?
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Re: Why wasnt a Sun Roof fitted to the 1989 Concept SVX?
My brother-in-law's '74 BMW 2002 was equipped with a factory manual sunroof so they've been around plenty long, probably not the powered ones though. But pretty much Rodolfo, you hit what I was thinking but I didn't know how to put it into words.
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By the way, if anyone is looking for an SVX with a pre-moonroof-period power tilt sunroof, I have a nice, inexpensive teal one for sale in the appropriate forum. |
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Re: Why wasnt a Sun Roof fitted to the 1989 Concept SVX?
I have heard that there are very few JDM SVXs with sun roofs because they don't what them to leak. That is a possibility.
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Re: Why wasnt a Sun Roof fitted to the 1989 Concept SVX?
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Japanese like technology, but SVX owners don't really care for sun-roofs, UK owners don't care for rear spoilers on SVX. The car isn't as solid, the sun-roof adds pounds to the extreme wrong end of the car. Like the concept, neither of my JDMs have sunroofs
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Re: Why wasnt a Sun Roof fitted to the 1989 Concept SVX?
Maybe he knows something about the SVX, or just a lucky guess.
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Re: Why wasnt a Sun Roof fitted to the 1989 Concept SVX?
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I wish they continued that roof into the XT6...
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Re: Why wasnt a Sun Roof fitted to the 1989 Concept SVX?
I'm going with 'lucky guess'
A guy that knows everything about SVX can't possibly know everything about SVX, OR can he?
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Re: Why wasnt a Sun Roof fitted to the 1989 Concept SVX?
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Never tried that with the XT. That might have been fun, but seeing as I was rallying that car just about every weekend I would've ended up with an interior full of sand. Did the XT6 flex like a slinky going around turns like my sunroof'ed XT did? I always thought that the chassis was a little soft, and maybe a solid roof would have helped. Or maybe it was the continued jumps on blown air shocks that made my car go all bendy.
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