Subaru has a mixed reputation for reliability, most notably due to common problems associated with the boxer engines the ...
While Subaru vehicles are generally considered reliable, the user experience with the boxer engine isn't always smooth.
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 ...
How boxer engines work, why they’re not just “flat” engines, and a 120-year evolution traced from the 1899 Benz to the latest Porsche and Subaru boxers. Boxer engines feature flat, opposing pistons ...