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Old 06-06-2020, 03:55 AM   #1221
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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0 View Post
So doesn't the EU still have a large take of manual transmissions? All Subaru needs to do is offer CVTs to improve average fuel economy. It is possible that Europe would only see automatics of some type.

https://www.insidehook.com/article/v...-transmissions
The problem is mainly the boxer design which is not the best option for fuel consumption and emission standards. Porsche on the other hand has the advantage of providing figures combined with the ones of VW's group. In general, not very easy days for Subaru if they don't move to a bigger integration with Toyota.
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