Start with what the Subaru Alcyone SVX is: a 2-door coupé with 3.3 , built from 1991 to 1996, when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign. 24,379 were built.
The background
The Subaru SVX, marketed in the Japanese home market as the Subaru Alcyone SVX, is a two-door, front-engine, all- or front-wheel drive coupé manufactured and marketed by Subaru from 1991 to 1996 over a single generation. Superseding the company's aviation-influenced XT range, the SVX was Subaru's first entry into the luxury/performance market, and was noted for its aircraft-inspired 'window-within-a-window' side-glass configuration.
The nameplate "Alcyone" (pronounced "al-SIGH-uh-nee") refers to the brightest star in the Pleiades constellation, stylized in the Subaru company logo. The suffix "SVX" is an acronym for "Subaru Vehicle X".
The engineering
The engine is 3.3 . On the scales it comes to 1590 kg. Drive goes through a 4-speed 4EAT automatic. The wheelbase is 2610 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
In the Subaru line-up the Subaru Alcyone SVX has a clear place: it replaced the Subaru XT; the factory was Ōta North Plant, Ōta, Gunma, Japan. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Dodge Viper, the Opel Astra, the Volvo 850. Its Subaru stablemates include the Subaru Chiffon and the Subaru Lucra.
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