Very true, he's a joy to listen to. I only wish he didn't say "koop" instead of "koo-pay"...

@@FlorinC1984 Well then don't watch any vids about 2-door cars from N. America b/c that's the standard pronunciation here...

@@FlorinC1984 this XT coupe of Subaru is design advanced from 1985, air suspension, engine turbochrager

@@Aforementioned Yep, and the people saying "koopay" aren't pronouncing it correctly either unless they're code switching into a native-level French accent when they say it, which makes their pedantry especially irritating and unwarranted. Betcha they don't use the accent mark over the "e" when they write it either, which is also incorrect. Oh no, we're ALL WRONG, the HORROR! Pfft...

Definitely lol

I’d love to see him do a more in-depth review of one

Shhh. Then everyone will be like smacking gum and saying "Iknowhutigotbud"!

He just did!

He did not too long ago. His first comment on it was that it’s weird.

I've only seen 1 in my lifetime, and it was in a junkyard next to a Baja Brat.

@@adamtrombino106 which one was it, a Baja or a brat lol

The XT Coupe was legendary. They looked cool, were somewhat reliable, and I loved the pistol grip/joystick manual shifter. Wish they still made them.

@@georgewilkinson1068 I had the FWD XT6 and I loved it!!!

I want an XT. I’d want one with an automatic transmission, though...

carwrtr1 why take away the fun of shifting?

Mines too...

Roads are not impressive now but were non-existent back then. Dirt roads were still common. Today, I'd appreciate that extra clearance for steep driveways and deep potholes. 😮

na it's just the human race peaked in the 90s

I got one hehehe

@@AlcyoneModschannel When I took my '07 Impreza SE to the stealership for the airbag recall, the service writer asked me if I wanted to sell it. I told her I'd trade across the board for a showroom condition '85 XT coupe. She gave me a blank stare, and walked away. This was back in '16 when the car had around 30k actual miles.

@@07imprezadude nobody seems to know about these fantastic cars and when you show them a picture they assume it’s something pedestrian as a Honda Accord

@@AlcyoneModschannel So true! Subaru pulled out all the stops to make the XT as aerodynamic as possible. Subaru of America displayed a showroom condition, fully restored XT Turbo at SEMA several years ago. I'd take that car over anything on the road today .... well aside from a mint SVX or BRAT.

A discrete technical tour de force.

I used to record it.

Turned into cross overs

Then even more we should appreciate that Nissan makes 370Z and GTR, and Toyota makes GT86, and now also Supra. Although the last one is just a BMW, and the range is very small in comparision to the 80ies.

@@SparrowNoblePoland Eh all the cars you just mentioned just look like ugly jelly beans with the word "fast" in front.

@@ponysoftonline4533 A very bold statement from someone who has a confederate flag in profile image. Most American cars always looked terrible and stupid if not disgusting. At best they were terribly grotesque an ill-proportioned. IIIrd gen Firebird, Fiero and first Mustang were just a few exceptions.

@@SparrowNoblePoland American cars were great until like the 90s. Dude I drive a 1986 Hyudai Excel so I know what a terrible looking car is. American vehicles Pre-90s ain't that chief.

believe it or not it has a better drag coefficient than a Ford GT40 race car. Don't let it's boxy shape fool you.

joe ly I wish my ‘08 Outback had the chime of my ‘86 GL wagon 😏

That was my first car, i still have it! Amazing for sure

Subaru has been making the most efficient vehicles they have ever made considering their current power output and weight. 36 mpg highway is about the norm for their smaller all wheel drive vehicles these days.

Them sharing the drivetrain with the GL makes life manageable parts unique to the XT however makes it’s quite a pain

Evil Craig Singhouse get some help

I’m ocd as heck but somehow I have gotten over it I have two of these XT coupes and love them for their quirkiness

Dimas Lopez-de Jesus so the xt6 is on here?

Joes Golden Garage three years later.

I think I remember an ad for that car. It was hilarious. (Hope it's somewhere on KZfaq. )

I got two myself they are exceptional Lil beasts are they not ?

@@AlcyoneModschannel Yeah they are! My EA82T imploded on me a few months ago though haha. I have an EG33 hanging out in my garage right now that I'm gonna throw in there :)

@@Whitestorm2 do I know you on Instagram? I know a fellow in New York who had a turbo XT and was eagerly awaiting the inevitable end for that engine to start the swap of the eg3.3

@@AlcyoneModschannel hahahaha, yeah thats me

So ?

XT6 would be your car then they called it full time four wheel drive but it’s their early AWD they made them as a higher model to the XT from 1988-1991

I'd like that too since my dad had a new 78' but I think the show premiered in the early 80's.

I think you are right as I looked through their videos and none go back that far. That might be a good thing, since i loved mine and I might disappointed by a review if they didn't like it. LOL

the show didn't premier on a regular basis until the Fall of 1981

In 1986 I bought a 1980 Ford fiesta best car ever on in my whole life they even had an article about it and automobile magazine back in the '80s best car I ever owned I miss her.!

I use to drive mine 52 miles per day round trip to and from work. It was great in the snow. A few people laughed at my car due to it's size, but driving that far I needed something reliable and thrifty. The tire store use to run great sales on tires starting at $22 till you read the fine print, then the next size up was something like $35, but that was okay because mine took the 12" dia. sale tires. Got a complete set mounted balaenced and taxes for just a couple dollars over $100. I loved the way it drove too, almost bought an 80 Stang, but liked the Fiesta much better when driving it. Use to say the Fiesta felt more like a sporst car than the Stang.

The ugliest thing and biggest POS from the 80's was the Yugo GV.

That "teenagers" reference caught my attention as well. :) I was 16 that year and remember thinking it seemed like an attainable sporty car. Re the Fiero a little later I bought one of the original generation versions and yes Jesus they were horrid!

I gotta be honest The impulse was cool

Impulse, Starion, and the 83-85 Supra were the bomb.

The fiero isn’t a pos

SkitzerPoindexter The EXPs are pretty rare aren’t they?

@@TJC450 I suppose so, as I've only seen 2 in the last 10 years or so. There was a lot full of them back then, though... Right next to the Escort GTs.