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Originally Posted by Red-86
Agreed, very likely to be a Subi boxer. That is how Toyota rolls in these sportscar partnerships it seems - they like to use the other company’s engine.
I think it is highly unlikely Subaru would create a brand new engine for a low volume sportscar. As with the FA20 which was used in lots of other Subaru cars, the next 86/BRZ engine will be from the Subaru parts bin, so look there... they have 1.8s (next Levorg gets this, and possibly next WRX), 2.0s, and 2.4s. It will likely be one of these IMO.
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Originally Posted by Tcoat
One of the main reasons that Toyota wanted Subaru in on the project in the first place was they wanted a boxer engine. They say that right up front in the history.
Why wouldn't they? They did for the first gen engine.
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Because they now realize it forces compromises they did not want to make. Plus the entire reason for it, lower center of gravity, was just defeated by the Supra. And they have a nice 4 cylinder engine that is currently in the Camry that they could easily drop in the next one to add plenty of torque.
One of the Supra interviews has them saying the boxer hurt more than helped, or something like that. I think. At least when it came to the front suspension.