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Originally Posted by Red-86
If anything, I wish back in 2012 they had put a Subi flat 6 in (e.g. the EZ30D/3.0R). People mistakenly think it is heaps heavier, but in fact it is actually only a few kg heavier than the FA20, and would have provided the power and torque to turn the twins into front engined Cayman hunters. I know it was never part of the original design brief, but a man can dream, right?
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Gen 1 would never have made it in the EU if they'd done that. Displacement taxes would have meant the same thing they do for the 2.4L version. They're also not a small tax. Luckily the Japanese market put all 2.0L-2.5L in one class, so that's why it was possible for Gen 2 to get a bump at the cost of the EU market (Where in certain countries going above 2000cc can mean more than doubling the cost of the car for the consumer.)