Japanese engineering and reliability have always been closely tied. While Toyota generally has the best reputation, there ...

Subaru, already an outsider with its flat-four engines and all-wheel-drive systems in passenger cars, looked to the far corners of the engineering world in the early 1990s to devise a novel solution ...

The EJ25 boxer engine's head gasket failures became so predictable that mechanics could diagnose the problem before owners finished describing their symptoms. The specific flaw traced back to a ...

Subaru and flat, or "boxer" engines are practically synonymous with one another. Beyond the Japanese automaker and Porsche, no other major manufacturer regularly utilizes flat engine configurations ...

Although Subaru didn't invent flat engines, and isn't the only automaker still using them, those motors have become a defining characteristic of the brand. (The same can be said for all-wheel drive, ...

Since coming to market in the mid-1990s, the Subaru Outback has dominated the wagon/crossover segment. It’s carved out a unique position that made it the ideal middleground between a traditional ...