Japan Used Subaru Alcyone SVX for Sale

The Subaru Alcyone SVX, is a two-door grand tourer coupé that was sold by Subaru, the automobile manufacturing division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) manufactured from 1991 to December 1996. It is also known as the Subaru SVX outside of its home market Japan. The name "Alcyone" (pronounced "el-SIGH-uh-nee") refers to the brightest star in the Pleiades star cluster, on which the Subaru logo is based. The suffix "SVX" is an acronym for "Subaru Vehicle X".

The SVX was equally new under the skin, as it was powered by a new flat-six 3.3-litre engine that developed 231bhp and 226lb ft of torque - a power unit befitting of this car's status as the company's flagship. All SVXs were sold with automatic transmission, as Subaru had no manual capable of handling this amount of torque at the time - and the company's USP of four-wheel drive on all models was further developed. ACT-4 was a variable torque split system that offered between 90/10 and 50/50 split front and rear.

The SVX had curvy lines designed by Giugiaro and the unusual two-piece power side windows. The windows are split about two-thirds of the way from the bottom, with the division being parallel to the upper curve of the door frame. The SVX's aerodynamic shape allowed it to maintain the low drag coefficient of Cd=0.29, previously established by the XT coupe it replaced.