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The boxer engine gives the BRZ/86 its character. Putting in an anodyne in-line four would ruin its appeal, as far as I'm concerned. BMW engines are great in BMWs.

Porsche? In my eyes boxer in twins has only one characteristic by which it's above alternatives. It allowed for car to look better, as in higher engines + current pedestrian safety regs in other engine layout cases would ask for supra-ish fat bulb up front, instead of low ferrari-wedge sleekness. On other accounts .. COG from engine alone is overrated, powercurve nothing special and many complain about torque dip for it, and pure performance/higher rpms imho are easier to design in inline engine imho, with potentially lower weight rest being same.

I think another boxer engine would be a wrong move, could Toyota not fit the 2 ltr BMW engine to the new 86 it would seem the simple option.

Thank you. So then 240 bhp from a 2.4L minus 10 for PPF, Net 230 BHP.. [emoji1] I wish tuning was that simple against all the constraints. We now need to know the facts , than speculate on the back of rubbish articles from not trusted auto journalism [emoji849] Sent from my SM-G970F using Tapatalk

Would be fun if two Yaris 3 cylinder engines could be stitched together to form a short boxer 6, sitting right behind the front axle....