SUBARU · SUBARU SVX · Cars
As of 2025 Q4, 131 SUBARU SVXs remain registered in the UK — a genuinely rare sight on today's roads. That's down from a peak of 146 in 2016 Q4 — only 90% of the high-water mark, a loss of about 15 cars. They're disappearing at roughly 3 a year (2.3% of what's left), a pace that would halve the survivors by around 2055 if it held — though in practice the last, most-cherished examples tend to linger far longer. Tellingly, 78% are declared SORN — kept off the road in garages and barns rather than driven, the signature of a car being looked after rather than used up. In all, the SUBARU SVX is rarer than 56% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Rare — fewer than 1,000 remain (131 in the latest data).
Rarer than 56% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Disappearing at about 3 a year (2.3% of survivors). At that pace roughly 117 would remain in 5 years, and half the current fleet is gone by around ~2055.
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...
As of 2025 Q4, 131 SUBARU SVX were still registered in the UK — 29 licensed and on the road, plus 102 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The SUBARU SVX is rare — fewer than 1,000 remain (131), making it rarer than 56% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of SUBARU SVX on UK roads fell by 3 (2.2%). At the current rate of decline, roughly 117 would remain in 5 years.
Most SUBARU SVX run on petrol — about 100% of those still registered.
The SUBARU SVX peaked at 146 registered in 2016 Q4, and was first recorded in the data in 2014 Q3.