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Originally Posted by DAEMANO
Emissions and fuel economy standards were much different back then.
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Originally Posted by venturaII
If the US (and the rest of the world) still used emissions standards from 1999, I don't think Subaru would have any problem matching the S2000's output at all. In fact, it might potentially surpass it, given almost 20 additional years of learning and tricks. Along the same lines, I'd argue that Honda could never build the F20/F22 today with the same power output but still meet 2018 noise and emissions standards.
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I'm not following how that matters at all. In the face of these stricter standards, you can now get a V6 in a pickup or pony car that rivals the v8's from a decade or two ago. Dodge just released the most powerful mass production v8 ever produced and in general, new vehicles of all categories are getting more powerful at a rather impressive rate. The small sports car category quite frankly, seems to be one of the few categories that isn't following this trend.
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Originally Posted by bfrank1972
I didn't say Subaru could necessarily engineer a *flat four* with equivalent efficiency - motor configurations all have different strengths/weaknesses - my point was rather that different constraints and design decisions impact the overall efficiency/output of an engine system. It's not because we're 'going in reverse' with engine technology (as someone mentioned in the thread), quite the opposite.
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Mentioning a company that for the time being, basically has flat four motors in all of their cars tends to lead everyone to believe that anything they would make would be a flat four. It is true you never technically said flat four though, and the rumor mill says we might get to see something different in the next WRX.