At the time it contemplated multiple unit operation of up to six cars with a top speed of 120 miles per hour (190 km/h).

[3] The body shell of the SPV-2000 was very similar to the Amfleet passenger coach, which in turn was based on the Metroliner electric multiple unit.

[6] The SPV-2000s were considered for a resumption of Cape Cod rail service via Braintree, Massachusetts and an SPV-2000 made a demonstration run in August 1979, but nothing came of this either.

[9] The Federal Railroad Administration purchased a single SPV-2000 in 1981 and converted it into a track geometry car which it designated T-10.

[11] Budd sold six SPV-2000s to ONCF (the Moroccan state railways) for use on King Hassan II's royal train.

[1][3] Under King Mohammed VI, Hassan II's successor, the train has fallen into disuse.

[4] Problems with the SPV-2000s developed quickly, and a 1982 New York magazine article characterized the cars as "defective".