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Book Find: "The World's Worst Cars"
Was at Barnes and Noble last night and my wife saw this book... I told her that I bet the SVX is in there.
Her jaw hit the floor, "Why!?". It's misunderstood I told her... Sorry if its a I did a brief search. There is a lot of mis-information in there too... Sure enough, here you go:
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Re: Book Find: "The World's Worst Cars"
my friend gave me a copy for my birthday
"only a handfull where built" guess they are pretty rare then |
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Re: Book Find: "The World's Worst Cars"
"1991-95" How about checking your facts, what a hack job.
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Re: Book Find: "The World's Worst Cars"
"but in styling terms it was a complete disaster"
What it should have said is "too far ahead of it's time" "the lines had no harmony" "just plain weird" What! This car is like putting on a fine Italian suit and is one of the most beautiful designs that I have ever seen. But, beauty is a subjective thing so opinions may differ. But I get many, many, all positive reactions to this car. The styling was just not right at the time it was built, now it is cool as ice! |
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Re: Book Find: "The World's Worst Cars"
When was the book made?
Anyone doing a bit of research on what they put in there would know the real facts. I'll go look at it, but I "might not" buy it. Unless it's a bargain book.
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Re: Book Find: "The World's Worst Cars"
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I thought it was funny how in the book they say the EG33 was the only piece of technology that was transfered to other models Dustin
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Re: Book Find: "The World's Worst Cars"
"....incongruous shut lines". WTF is this maroon talking about? Looks like a possible Euro/Brit production (Rhs pics), and with this publication's "limited sight" not surprising he would consider production of 25,000 cars a "handful". I suppose it is compared to Camry or Civic production.
You can get the book for as little as $0.67 on Amazon. Glenn
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Re: Book Find: "The World's Worst Cars"
My favorite part was where they say it gets horrible gas mileage... ok, they don't out right say it, but it's certainly alluded to.
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Chris SVX World Network Administrator -1993 Subaru SVX LS-L, Barcelona Red, #46, 160,000+ Miles (Sold to SomethingElse) -2011 Toyota Sienna SE, Black, 30,000+ Miles (Swagger Wagon ) -2002 BMW R 1150R ABS, Black, 26,000+ Miles (Daily Driver ) SVX Owner from February 1997 to March 2008 SVX Online Community Member since February 1998 SVX World Network Member since February 2002, Member #520 Life is a game. Play to win. The world belongs to those who can laugh at it. |
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I am sure the book is from 1995, thats why the weird fact..
"An amalgam of ideas from Italdesign and Subaru´s own designers" WTF?! The production car was the very own Guggiaro design, who was the moron writing that???
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Re: Book Find: "The World's Worst Cars"
that book is great.............for me to poop on!
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Re: Book Find: "The World's Worst Cars"
I found a list, apparently the book is divided into categories:
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Last edited by Elliott; 12-03-2009 at 07:46 PM. |
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Re: Book Find: "The World's Worst Cars"
Interesting, but why write so disparagingly about the SVX? Dollars to donuts this fellow has never driven one. Sure responsible for a lot of car book info! Expert indeed!!
Glenn
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Re: Book Find: "The World's Worst Cars"
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The SVX is just misunderstood, there weren't many of them made, so the average person has no experience at all with them, so they just parrot other people's opinions, no matter how wrong they are. |
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Re: Book Find: "The World's Worst Cars"
Hi everyone, Well, they got me twice. I owned a Toyota Crown sedan. I picked up a guy from Japan to take him to a trade show. He sat in the back with the arm rest down. It met all his demands!. And the SVX. Take care, BOBB
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Re: Book Find: "The World's Worst Cars"
Barnes & Noble "Bargan Books" are great for putting under that wobbly table leg... or smashing spiders. In terms of reading quality, they're mostly a horrible, mass-produced waste of trees, filled with stock photos from various sources and hastily-written, poorly-researched copy.
One of my other hobbies is railroad history and I swear if anyone gives me one more copy of Barnes & Noble's "Great Railways of North America" (or the many variations thereof, all published in England), I'll vomit. |
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