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SVX Makes Top 10 SportsCars of the 90's
November issue of Sports Car International, Peter Brock mentions the SVX in his Top 10 Choices.
Now I know the SVX isn't a "true" Sports Car, but being mentioned among such Cream of the Crop cars is pretty cool!!! Mr. Brock writes that it was "A poor man's Porsche 959" and that it was a styling hit except for a "few errant lines" or some such. Pretty COOL!! Glenn
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That's awesome! Question, can you post the SCI Top Ten list?
-Chike
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Sorry Chike, I was just "poaching" at the newsstand. They had a list from each of their editor/contributors, as well as a number of lists submitted by readers. The NSX was on nearly every list.
Glenn
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Brock's Choice
In naming the SVX as his #10 choice for best of the '90s Sports Cars, Peter Brock had the following comment when he got some flak on his choice:
"One of history's great unknown classics, the SVX is the poor man's Porsche 959! All-wheel drive and a flat-6 engine in a handsome body that missed being perfectly done by just a few miscued lines. The designers of SVX swung for the fence and narrowly missed. The SVX was just too far ahead of its time." Amen, Pete... (His choice for #1 is the McLaren F1). For those of you who may not know, Brock is the designer of some significant cars, among which are Jim Hall's first Chaparral and the Cobra Daytona Coupe, so his choice of the SVX has some provenance. |
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that's great!!!
did you happen to notice the price of this magazine, and what was on the cover??? there's a barnes & noble local to me and i was hoping to spot one there. they have alot of diffrent car magazines so i might stand a fighting chance. |
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Oh yeah That's a step in the right direction for the SVX to become a collectors car. We could all use some more press along the same lines.
I wonder what "lines" he didn't like.
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That was a great review/praise of the SVX! -Chike
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I will see if I can find it here too.
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Magazine is Sports Car International, Nov '04 edition. Newsstand price is $4.99...red Porsche 911 on cover. Brock's choices on p.48
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I'm definitley going to try and find that tomorrow!
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-Chike
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Aloha, gang,
A little Googling has revealed that the 3/94 issue of Sports Car International featured a comparo: the SVX, a Mitsu 3000GT-VR4 and a 911 Carrera 4 (yikes!) You can purchase this issue for 6 bucks at http://www.coltranet.com/zines/sportcar.html Go for it!
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I just bought the November issue of Sports Car International.
In the article, there were 6 contributors, each with their 10 best list. Of these only Peter Brock included the SVX (at no. 10) His 8th choice was the Superperformance Cobra, 9th choice was the Porsche Boxter and the SVX came in at number 10. Here is the pertinent text from the article:(Brock's text is in bold black type Quote:
Its interesting that the Miata made the top 10 in all of the reviewers list, but didn't show up in the Reader's Top Ten. On the reader's poll the Corvette was No 1, followed by the Dodge Viper, McLaren F1, Laqmborghini Diablo, Ferrari F355, Acura NSX, Ferrari F50, Mazda RX-7, Porsche 993 and the Ferrari 550 Maranello
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went to barnes and noble but couldnt find the magazine . If someone find it buy me a copy and ill pay you !
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