Subaru Says: Boxer Turbodiesel Coming to Geneva

Considering how many Subaru nuts browse these pages, it may come as no shock the company is preparing its first boxer diesel engine. Still, the company announced in Paris it would have the first horizontally opposed oil burner ready for the Geneva show next year. The torque produced will likely be epic (rally, anyone?), Subaru says the high compression pressure requires significant crankcase engineering, but that having the crankshaft and turbo under the cylnder block makes for low center of gravity. Earlier this year, Reuters reported the first European diesels would appear in late 2007, but the company didn't release specific production plans in Paris.

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8:46 AM on Mon Oct 2 2006
By Mike Spinelli
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wohho at 09:07 AM on 10/02/06
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Turbo underneath sounds mighty dangerous. I'll take the skid plate option thanks.
grzydj at 12:13 PM on 10/02/06
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As a 2.0 diesel, I'd imagine you'd be looking at 130 to 140 hp and maybe 230 to 250 pounds of low end torque or somewhere around there. Sign me up if it ever makes it stateside!
VW_SollteMichAnstellen at 01:56 PM on 10/02/06
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Well, the oil pan is already under the block (and goes down quite a ways) on the current Subes.

I don't understand how they can get the crankshaft under the block. Ye kinna escape the lawsa Physics, Cap'n!
HaPpOhAnZ at 12:54 AM on 10/03/06
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Last time I heard of a boxer diesel, Ferdinand Porsche couldn't make it work for the VW prototype... in 1937. Let's hope technology has advanced enough to do it. I want one for the ultimate Baja Bug! One tank Ensenada to La Paz!