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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Subaru has a mixed reputation for reliability, most notably due to common problems associated with the boxer engines the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Typically, when one pictures a passenger car engine with two heads, the first thought that comes to mind is a V6. These ubiquitous engines are almost universally found within just about every major ...

My obsession with Subaru's failed F1 engine, a flat-12, has gone on for years, and I had often heard that the motor nearly went on to power Koenigsegg's first supercar. Now I've finally heard the full ...

Super Street:Sounds pretty incredible, right? Who wouldn't be interested in seeing what could be created with a giant blank check to support a flat 12 with individual throttle bodies and as much ...