Subaru and flat, or "boxer" engines are practically synonymous with one another. Beyond the Japanese automaker and Porsche, no other major manufacturer regularly utilizes flat engine configurations ...
Although Subaru didn't invent flat engines, and isn't the only automaker still using them, those motors have become a defining characteristic of the brand. (The same can be said for all-wheel drive, ...
Isaac Atienza is a Filipino motoring journalist who joined TopSpeed.com in 2021. He also owns a Filpino motoring website called Go Flat Out PH and is also a contributor to a local newspaper called The ...
First introduced in 1989 with the Subaru Legacy and Subaru Liberty, the EJ series (and its EJ20 and EJ25 variants) became a fast favorite for the flat-four "boxer" layout. With a low center of gravity ...
When you think of boxer engines with their flat, horizontally opposed architecture, it's likely that vintage Volkswagens such as the original Beetle spring to mind. Or perhaps Porsche, which named an ...
Subaru introduces its horizontally opposed, aka "boxer," powerplant on May 14, 1966, in the all-new 1000 sedan. With a meager 54 hp, the engine had just enough power to move the car along, and that ...
Modern Koenigseggs feature V8 engines built in-house by the Swedish car manufacturer but in the company’s early days, it used modified Ford Modular V8s. That wasn’t always going to be the case. In a ...
The Subaru WRX is one of the most iconic cars of our time. The term "rally car for the road" is typically applied to it, and while that may be a bit of a heavy-handed description, it's not ...