The low drag coefficient is no lie. With that and the weight you can drive the thing in a gale and never know it. The window is that way not out of styling but because there's no room for the entire thing to go down into the door (too much curvature too). One of the best cars I've ever driven.
I still have my 96 SVX. Best car I’ve ever owned with over 170,000 miles on it, it still runs smooth. I remember going into a Toyota dealership about 2 years ago and looking at the Solara. Milage about the same, power about the same, comfort nowhere near the SVX, fun nowhere near the SVX. I decided I’d rather keep the SVX than even do an even exchange with the Solara (which wouldn’t even have been possible).
It is one really tough car that you can drive all day (from Kansas city to Kirksville, MO to Columbia, MO back to Kansas City and then on to Denver. I long drive that would only have been posssible in that car.
The strange bar in the window is actually reinforcement so the C pillar can be so small. Great visability.
Wish they still made this great car. If you ever get the chance to see the police chase video of the one in Kirkland, Washington don’t miss it. About 3 1/2 hours long with devestation to everything else including a golf course and a Tahoe that gets hit so hard that it drops it engine. Mad Max could have used one of these!