We explain why Subaru’s boxer engine layout is especially well-suited for off-roading, from stability to traction advantages. Subaru continues using boxer engines for low center of gravity and ...

Subaru has long raced a BRZ-bodied car in the GT300 class of Japan's Super GT championship, a program that is set to continue into 2026. In the past, the car was powered by a four-cylinder engine like ...

This Briggs & Stratton engine rebuild focuses on bringing long-term functionality back to a worn engine. By applying solid rebuilding principles and careful tuning, the project shows how classic ...

Subaru has long raced a BRZ-bodied car in the GT300 class of Japan's Super GT championship, a program that is set to continue into 2026. In the past, the car was powered by a four-cylinder engine like ...

All internal combustion engines require some kind of maintenance. (If that's news to you, your car probably needs to be inspected by a mechanic.) But there are different types of internal combustion ...

Michal studies Automotive Journalism at Coventry University in the UK, and has been writing for CarBuzz since March 2025. He was nominated for student culture piece of the year recently and has been ...

In this video, we cut a Subaru WRX STI engine head in half to explore its inner workings. Mitchell provides an educational explanation of how the components, including the valves, operate together. We ...

Subaru engineers appear to be thinking really far outside the box. The automaker recently filed a patent with the World Intellectual Property Organization for a turbine engine-assisted extended-range ...

Isaac Atienza is a Filipino motoring journalist who joined TopSpeed.com in 2021. He also owns a Filpino motoring website called Go Flat Out PH and is also a contributor to a local newspaper called The ...

Dr. Andrew Roberts is a cinema and motoring historian whose writing reflects a lifelong fascination with all cars. His love of post-war crime films led him to buy a 1960 police Wolseley, complete with ...

The WRX features a 271-hp, 2.4-liter turbo flat-four engine, with a choice of a six-speed manual or a continuously variable transmission. The car pulls strongly, and the manual shifter and clutch are ...

When you think of boxer engines with their flat, horizontally opposed architecture, it's likely that vintage Volkswagens such as the original Beetle spring to mind. Or perhaps Porsche, which named an ...