Subaru is working on a brand new boxer engine

The famous flat Boxer engine Subaru is about to celebrate its 20th anniversary. This in no way prevents the engineers of the Japanese manufacturer working on a new version of this engine, simply indestructible.

A thrifty engine

To better cope with new or future standards in matters of fuel consumption and especially fumes of CO2 in the atmosphere, Subaru has to offer much more efficient engines.

Design a more economical than that currently found under the hood of some models Forester, Impreza and Legacy, which should not be very difficult for these engineers Boxer engine.

Thus, the Boxer engine has come again and should always be offered in displacements of 2.0 and 2.5 liters. However, it will have its boring and be modified race while we find a new injection system and turbo compression. A new system of control opening and closing of the valves is also in the program. Finally, this engine will be granted, for the first time, the technological approach "Start & Stop" which is to stop the engine when the vehicle stops.

According to data from Subaru, the new engines would provide fuel economy raised from 10% compared to current data.

The popular Subaru Forester will be the first vehicle of the brand advantage of these new engines and from the beginning of 2011.