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Originally Posted by nikitopo
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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What makes the boxer so bad? They are heavier than a straight four, but if that was such a problem then everyone with a V6 would be switching to straight sixes. It is probably more like Subaru wasn’t advancing fuel economy with hybrids and high compression engines. The EJ was a short stroke performance engine. They were late to the emissions game with the FB/FA with direct injection, high compression, and they were late to the game with valve timing.
Look at average mpgs when Subaru switched to CVTs. Subaru has more of a weight problem offering AWD as standard than an engine problem. That, and they only offer one car as a hybrid and more cars with a manual than most.