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Originally Posted by raul
Now we're getting somewhere. It makes "only" 20hp more, while carrying 500 more pounds and getting double or more MPG. Not to mention the price of the technology at both points in time.
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I think you're misunderstanding me. This is the statement that prompted my post:
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The design, which gives the finger to inline and V-type engines and instead incorporates horizontally opposed banks of pistons, was patented in 1896 and has since been implemented by Volkswagen, Porsche, and most notably, Subaru.
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I find it absurd that Subaru is more "notable" for using a boxer engine compared to VW who produced the beetle for 65 years and 21.5 million units or Porsche who is one of the winningest auto makers ever at pretty much every level of racing with some of the most highly regarded sports cars ever made.
I doubt Subaru would be half as successful without drawing on the technology VW and Porsche developed decades before Subaru got a boxer engine to a consumer's hands, much less a successful one. I don't mean to downplay Subaru's accomplishments and I'm sure you'll rattle them off (just like the "20 more hp and double the mpg while only being a bit slower").
