Subaru Boxer Engine Performance

Subaru Boxer Engines: What Makes them Special?

If you're shopping for a vehicle that's fun to drive and friendly on fuel, check out our selection of new Subaru cars and SUVs at Placer Subaru. Every new Subaru vehicle comes equipped with a Boxer engine, a type of engine that's both unique and high performing, providing you with a commanding, efficient, and enjoyable driving experience wherever you go around Helena, MT. Subaru Boxer engines use horizontally opposed pistons, providing you with better handling, stability, fuel-economy, and crash safety. Explore our lineup of new Subaru models and choose the model with the Boxer engine that fits your driving needs the best today.

What is the Subaru Boxer Engine?

A Subaru Boxer engine uses horizontally opposed pistons that move like a boxers fists do, hence the name. Other vehicle's engines use vertically opposed pistons that move north and south simultaneously. The Boxer engine has half the pistons move in the opposite directions, meaning the pistons don't have to move as far to generate energy. With horizontally opposed pistons, the engine gets placed lower in your vehicle resulting in a lower center of gravity and greater stability while you're driving. The pistons moving in a east to west direction also has greater advantages over handling, helping keep the tires firmly planted on the road and improves cornering with a lower level of weight transfer.

Better Handling and Weight Distribution

Boxer engines tend to also be shorter than inline or v shaped engines, providing you with greater front to rear weight distribution, also helping with stability, handling, and steering response. With the total number of cylinders on one side and the other half on the opposite side, the left to right weight distribution and the engine positioned in the center line of the vehicle, you'll always enjoy optimal balance when traveling around Townsend, MT.

Crash Safety

Another of the best advantages of a Boxer engine is crash safety contribution. It's low right and smaller size let it be positioned in the front engine bay. If you're in a full trental collision, the impact will cause the front end of your vehicle to crumple, which could be dangerous in other vehicles by sending the engine back into the vehicle. Because the engine is so low, it can redirected under the floor of the passenger compartment, reducing the change of front passenger injury.

Another of the best advantages of a Boxer engine is crash safety contribution. It's low right and smaller size let it be positioned in the front engine bay. If you're in a full trental collision, the impact will cause the front end of your vehicle to crumple, which could be dangerous in other vehicles by sending the engine back into the vehicle. Because the engine is so low, it can redirected under the floor of the passenger compartment, reducing the change of front passenger injury.

Which Boxer Engine is Right for Me?

Each new Subaru model has a Boxer engine. Choosing any Impreza model or base Crosstrek model will get you a standard 2.0-liter four-cylinder Boxer engine with 152-horsepower and 145 pounds-feet of torque, all while providing you with impressive fuel economy when you're driving around Montana City.

If you choose a new Subaru Forester or Outback model, you'll get a standard 2.5-liter four-cylinder Boxer engine with 182-horsepower and 176 pounds-feet of torque. Choosing a higher Outback trim level will get you a sportier 2.4-liter four-cylinder turbocharged Boxer engine with 260-horsepower and 277 pounds-feet of torque. That engine also comes standard in all Subaru Ascent models. The Crosstrek Hybrid model uses a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine, paired with two electric motors and a battery pack, helping you enjoy the utmost fuel economy when you're traveling in nearby Helena Valley.

Explore Our Selection of New Subaru Models in Person Today

We invite you to visit us at Placer Subaru to see all our new Subaru models and learn more about the Boxer engine during a test drive in your favorite vehicle. We have great financing and lease options available on all our new vehicles and will work with you to get a great deal on your dream vehicle today.