Scoobysvx Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Hi guysHad a pretty cool surprise at work today when an old Asian guy come in for an MOT with his subaru XTThis car was in immaculate condition, completely stock bar a few interior bits, the guy purchased the car from new and looked after it ever since, he reckoned it was only 1 of 4 in the uk!They have a flat 4 turbo 1.8 with about the same power as a stock V & 4x4Excuse the poor picturesLittle did I know it's the predecessor to the subaru svx I own! Quote
daniel_g Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Did not know any of those cars exist lol. Quote
morgey Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 That dash looks like an old commadore 64 game i used to have! I know where there was a couple of The old svx's parked up. Never seemed to move lol Quote
kavan-k Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Dash is like something outta knight rider! Quote
Scoobysvx Posted February 3, 2015 Author Posted February 3, 2015 Yeh haha it's pretty weird! Are they still about morgey? Don't usually see many on the road now Quote
morgey Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 i duno next time i go past where they usually are ill have a look Quote
5e colin Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 good old days before they got famous with the prezza my uncle has 1 of these stored away Quote
Dale SR Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Just noticed it has what looks like net curtins in the back window lol Quote
Bean Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Dash is like something outta knight rider! I thought the same thing! what a cool retro machine. the interior is mental. Quote
gtturbo94 Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) the interior is kinda like the delorean's in back to the future and gota love those net curtains If i remember right toyota did a optional extra digital Cluster for the ae 101 but not as cool as that 1 Edited February 4, 2015 by gtturbo94 Quote
mikey4410 Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 wow that is a weird looking scooby !!! haha Quote
trigger Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 They are funky cars for sure, i saw that Silver one last about 4 years ago in the car park of a local car show, It's an import Alcyone version. 1986 Subaru VR Alcyone Turbo by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr 1986 Subaru VR Alcyone Turbo by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr Quote
Scoobysvx Posted February 4, 2015 Author Posted February 4, 2015 That's pretty weird you've got pictures of it too!Not sure if it's definalty a uk model, but this was a old boy so I'm not sure what he'd gain about lying? My subaru is also known as an alcyone but mines a genuine uk model Quote
trigger Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 The VR's were the imported versions, I don't think the UK cars had the digital dash either. This one's listed as having a date of manufacture of 1986 but first registered in the UK in 1988, The owner has had it since then so that's probably when he had it imported into the UK. This is from Wiki. Two H4-powered derivatives were sold in Japan: the turbocharged Alcyone VR, and the non-turbocharged Alcyone VS. Quote
trigger Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 My subaru is also known as an alcyone but mines a genuine uk model They were known as a SVX in the UK and Alcyone SVX overseas, I used to have the massive horn over the SVX, mostly because of the front window design. Quote
Scoobysvx Posted February 4, 2015 Author Posted February 4, 2015 I stand corrected! Only going on what he'd told meYeh there pretty unique ain't they! Have you owned one yourself? Quote
trigger Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 No, sadly not, I've just admired them from afar. Other than that Silver one i haven't seen one for years. Quote
Scoobysvx Posted February 4, 2015 Author Posted February 4, 2015 That's a shame! Yeh that's the only one I've ever seen! Quote
aleximport25 Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 I never even knew these existed be nice to see the potential in one of these :-) Quote
Scoobysvx Posted February 4, 2015 Author Posted February 4, 2015 The design looked pretty good for its age... And a lot more sophisticated than my 4paw! Quote
jordan walker Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 That's funky as hell love the interior! Quote
griffo20022 Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 Blimey that's awesome!! Only ever seen these on computer games. I thought the digi dash in my Leopard was cool but that's summot else! Quote
freak Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 we have one here in seychelles, but sadly it is rotting away. Quote
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