Subaru built the SVX's side glass with a window-within-a-window so drivers never had to drop the whole pane, an aircraft-canopy touch styled by Giugiaro.
Median 217 hp across 166 similar cars
Lead trim: 3.3 EG33 flat-six (231 hp)
Subaru SVX / Alcyone SVXCXD/CXW/CXV · 1991–1996
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FactSubaru built the SVX's side glass with a window-within-a-window so drivers never had to drop the whole pane, an aircraft-canopy touch styled by Giugiaro.
Subaru's first entry into the luxury/performance market, styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign (concept at the 1989 Tokyo Auto Show) as the successor to the XT/Alcyone, with the aircraft-inspired "glass-to-glass canopy" and window-within-a-window side glass, a drag coefficient of 0.29 (0.285 in Europe) and the 3.3 L EG33 boxer six (the largest Subaru had made until the 2008 Tribeca's EZ36), always with an automatic and either the ACT-4 or, on Japanese, European and Brazilian cars, the VTD all-wheel drive. Introduced in the US in July 1991 as a 1992 model at $24,445 (SVX-L; LS-L at $28,000, and an XR in 1992 only) and in Japan in September 1991 as the Alcyone SVX (L, S4, and later S-Four with 250 PS; L had four-wheel steering in 1991–92, code CXD, 1,905 built; VTD cars CXW). A front-drive CXV was offered in the US in 1994–95. Sales were 24,379 worldwide (14,257 in the US). It could cover 805 km on a 70 L tank.
Collectors Spotted in the Subaru SVX Lineage
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Trims & Figures
One published trim in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 EG33 flat-six (231 hp) | 1991–1996 | 3.3 L Flat-6 | 231 hp | 228 lb-ft | 7.3 s | — | automatic | — |
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Photographs
The SVX's distinctive window-within-a-window side glass was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro's Italdesign.
Subaru built the SVX's side glass with a window-within-a-window so drivers never had to drop the whole pane, an aircraft-canopy touch styled by Giugiaro.
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Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
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