1993 Subaru Vivio SLX from UK and Ireland - Comments

It always was very reliable.

A tiny car with a twin cam 16v 650cc engine.

Responsive enough when revved to the edge, so very noisy, but having to go through 4500 revs just to accelerate past 60 mph/100 kph isn't much fun.

Very reliable, this 650cc engined car passed 100,000 miles and just kept going.

Too small and light to use safely on motorways, was written off when actually blown off the road by a gust of wind on a Scottish road!!!

I agree with you about the reliability of the VIVIO. It's great.Although the car is reasonably small, it's the first car of its kind that I seen ever to have four wheel drive!! Which has got me out of some tricky situations. It's Fab!!

I think that other cars have a lot to compete with in regards to the reliability and financial running against that of the VIVIO. I LOVE MY CAR!!

One thing I have to say regarding subaru vivio. I owned this

car for the last 8 yrs now, the only things I changed were

oil, filters and the battery after 5 or 6 yrs.

I own a Subaru Fiori, which after looking at the Vivio seems pretty similar, particularly appearance-wise. I am considering an engine swap, thus ditching the current 800cc, 4 cylinder and installing a Vivio 660cc supercharged unit.

I had a shudder when I read your last sentence about being blown off the road and writing the car off. Please don't take this the wrong way, but I can imagine how that would happen, and the mental picture had me laughing for ages. I hope you weren't hurt though.

Regards...

In regards to the post above, I too own a Fiori and am contemplating the Vivio engine swap. Have you now completed yours? If so, how do you find the result?