Boxer engines may not be very common, but they're an interesting design and offer a few advantages and disadvantages. Here's how they compare to inline engines.

Subaru's boxer engine has faced an uncertain future, but the Japanese automaker has more plans for its signature powertrain.

You know it when you hear it: the grumbly, all-too-unmistakable sound of an approaching Subaru and its characteristic flat-four-cylinder engine. Since the mid-1960s, the boxer engine has been a ...

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Subaru is a brand that's known to do things a bit differently than other mainstream car manufacturers. All but one of its cars come with standard all-wheel-drive, it has a historic commitment to ...

Famously used almost exclusively in Subarus, boxer engines are among the quirkier engine configurations still in common usage today. We all know them by their signature flat layout — a boxer is a type ...

The horizontally opposed engine was created in 1897, and Subaru is one of only a few automakers to rely almost entirely on its layout. Unlike more traditional engines, which align their pistons in a V ...

Subaru will unveil a new prototype at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show in late October. Teaser suggests the model could be a performance version closely related to the WRX. The company is developing a new ...

With emissions rules tightening year after year and so many manufacturers pledging their futures to hybrid and battery-electric power, it has grown increasingly rare to see an automaker roll out a ...