Can you believe that there’s a Subaru dealership with unsold cars from 1990s? The website Cars Addiction posted these photos of a deserted showroom in Malta.
Located on a small island in Europe, this was the main and only Subaru dealership in Malta until the late 90s when a new upcoming competitor began to import Subaru vehicles. As you can tell by the photos it still holds the 70s showroom vibe and this dealership had old school tactics and was very outdated for its time. The new competition was selling the same cars, in a state of art showroom with improved customer service. This eventually attracted new car buyers to the new Subaru dealership, letting the stock of this showroom to become stale.
By the looks of it, this time capsule contains a Subaru Sambar, several GC Imprezas, a Justy and an interesting all-wheel drive XT all in RHD. Who know’s what this dealership may hold in storage, possibly an early zero mile Subaru Impreza WRX?
If you look closely you can spot a 30+ year old 2-door coupe Subaru XT (Alcyone /Vortex) can be spotted which is virtually brand new still with its delivery tag still on the window. By the looks of it its a right hand drive (RHD) 1987 Subaru XT Turbo 4wd model, with the 1.8-litre flat four EA82T engine. In its day this was a dream car for many with its futuristic wedge shape styling, digital gadgetry, a cool feature with the entire cluster moving with the steering wheel and the awesome active air suspension that will lower the car when cruising highways.
Then there’s this unsold, never registered XT Turbo with only ‘livery miles’ on the odometer. Could this be the lowest miles in Subaru XT in existence?
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