From Galway Independent

The world’s first horizontally-opposed turbo-diesel engine, with a claim of providing exceptional refinement and smoothness, made its debut this week at the 77th Geneva International Motor Show on the Subaru stand.

Subaru believes passionately in its ‘boxer’ engines, which are more compact than in-line units and provide a much lower centre-of-gravity. This is claimed to reduce body roll for safer cornering and also enhances handling precision such as during a sudden lane-change manoeuvre on a motorway.

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