It's sad how underrated these cars are so they keep getting junked. I'm in NZ where there's about 20 in the whole country so I'd take anything I can get and save it, it's been my dream for ages to restore one. That red one is so nice. The XT brown interior is my favourite interior of any car, it's so warm and comfortable looking (dream spec for me would be a white on grey one with the waffle hubcaps and that interior) and although the red one is hella expensive, it's nice to see their value go up.
@@lj7421 Yeah the point of the video was to use the price of the car as a discourse for how historically significant these cars are. The brown interior is quintessentially Japanese. They are rare but Australia still has a few decaying in yards and sheds. You may have to import or migrate.
Also fun fact, thats a factory rear seat for 85!! The checkered pattern as well as carpet on the rear shelf was only added to 86 and later models, the 85s at least here in the US all had that vinyl rear seat and also vinyl wrap material on the rear shelf with the speakers, my blue 85 is the same way!
@@leediffenderfer9326 I figured it was US spec. Has different seat belt self up also. Didn’t get it here in Aus. I like the idea of the vinyl potentially holding up better.
@@MQN8R trust me, it doesnt… i just pulled the rear parcel shelf out of my 85 to replace it with the marine carpet like in my 86, looks a little nicer in my opinion, im still going to keep the rear vinyl seat, just replace the vinyl on the rear shelf
@@MQN8R i definitely would like to do a video on the 2 sometime, just never done a whole lot with uploading to RUclips so just some stuff to figure out
@@leediffenderfer9326 Yes indeed, have to admit I’m fortunate I was filming skateboard stuff before cars so had a chance to learn. That being said I’m still not confident talking or being on camera.
I fully believe that the owner put enough work into this car to make them feel like $29k (or a best is where they break even. Whether or not anyone is actually paying $29k right now is another question, but then Burbank, that particular moderately wealthy upper-middle class corner of Los Angeles, is an absolute HAVEN for weird cars (within a few blocks of my not-yet-in-laws, I've seen a Honda NSX and an Isuzu Vehicross!) so I'm not surprised there's a pretty clean XT hanging out there. My '84 Leone GL hatch drove extremely well, I can only imagine what an actual Subaru sports car of that era was like to handle
It's sad how underrated these cars are so they keep getting junked. I'm in NZ where there's about 20 in the whole country so I'd take anything I can get and save it, it's been my dream for ages to restore one.
That red one is so nice. The XT brown interior is my favourite interior of any car, it's so warm and comfortable looking (dream spec for me would be a white on grey one with the waffle hubcaps and that interior) and although the red one is hella expensive, it's nice to see their value go up.
@@lj7421 Yeah the point of the video was to use the price of the car as a discourse for how historically significant these cars are. The brown interior is quintessentially Japanese. They are rare but Australia still has a few decaying in yards and sheds. You may have to import or migrate.
Ah good to see you here LJ, hopefully you'll get one soon!
It was disappointing to remember that these were in the junkyard mid 90s also, I remember a few since my step dad was getting parts for our XT.
I believe thats a flare red 85, i believe imperial ended up being a slightly darker shade similar to Mica red in 1986
Also fun fact, thats a factory rear seat for 85!! The checkered pattern as well as carpet on the rear shelf was only added to 86 and later models, the 85s at least here in the US all had that vinyl rear seat and also vinyl wrap material on the rear shelf with the speakers, my blue 85 is the same way!
@@leediffenderfer9326 I figured it was US spec. Has different seat belt self up also. Didn’t get it here in Aus. I like the idea of the vinyl potentially holding up better.
@@MQN8R trust me, it doesnt… i just pulled the rear parcel shelf out of my 85 to replace it with the marine carpet like in my 86, looks a little nicer in my opinion, im still going to keep the rear vinyl seat, just replace the vinyl on the rear shelf
@@leediffenderfer9326 You’ll have to do a walk around video at some point. Plenty of space on the internet for Alcyone XT content 👍
@@MQN8R i definitely would like to do a video on the 2 sometime, just never done a whole lot with uploading to RUclips so just some stuff to figure out
@@leediffenderfer9326 Yes indeed, have to admit I’m fortunate I was filming skateboard stuff before cars so had a chance to learn. That being said I’m still not confident talking or being on camera.
At the same time …..this pains me to say just because it’s a cool car doesn’t necessarily mean it justifies this price tag
Love the work mate, keep it up
I fully believe that the owner put enough work into this car to make them feel like $29k (or a best is where they break even. Whether or not anyone is actually paying $29k right now is another question, but then Burbank, that particular moderately wealthy upper-middle class corner of Los Angeles, is an absolute HAVEN for weird cars (within a few blocks of my not-yet-in-laws, I've seen a Honda NSX and an Isuzu Vehicross!) so I'm not surprised there's a pretty clean XT hanging out there. My '84 Leone GL hatch drove extremely well, I can only imagine what an actual Subaru sports car of that era was like to handle
Nice one! Educational :)
Sega GT 2002 and what other game featured the XT in a game? Did Tokyo extreme racer?
I'd drive the hell out of that thing, as weird as people think it is.