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 ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

The Subaru Crosstrek returns for 2021 with only a few additions. Two different gasoline-powered four-cylinder engines are offered-both in Subaru's characteristic horizontally opposed four-cylinder ...