Discover how Porsche's air-cooled flat-six boxer engine, from 1963-1998, defined the 911 and became the brand's signature ...

How boxer engines work, why they’re not just “flat” engines, and a 120-year evolution traced from the 1899 Benz to the latest Porsche and Subaru boxers. Boxer engines feature flat, opposing pistons ...

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The configuration of an engine isn't just about power. Designers have to take size, shape, and available space into ...

The plastic cover of a Subaru Boxer engine showing the Subaru constellation logo - Topuria Design/Shutterstock Flat engines are horizontally-opposed piston engines, and this group includes Boxer ...

Nobody is going to miss the two cylinders Porsche removed from the engine bay of its Boxster and Cayman — that’s the conclusion of this enthusiast after spending several days behind the wheel of the ...

First patented in 1896 by the father of the modern internal combustion engine, Karl Benz, the concept of a “flat” engine has been around since the concept of a powered four-wheeled automobile. Over ...

You're a gearhead. You know to chuckle knowingly and condescendingly when some dumbass refers to the "V4" in their Honda Civic. You know your stuff. You know what a flat engine is, too. It's an ...