In the performance world, there are only three cars left with a turbocharged flat-four engine. They are the Subaru WRX, Porsche Boxster, and its hard-topped sibling, the Cayman. According to Porsche, ...

The turbo flat-four engine is very distinctive in many respects. Sadly, it only survives in the U.S. mainstream through one ...

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, ...

In Porsche’s long and storied history, few mechanical creations have reached the mythical status of the four-cam flat-four engine. Born in the crucible of motorsport in the early 1950s, it was a ...

Erik Sherman is an automotive journalist and motorcycle enthusiast. Although he has served and worked all over the world in different capacities, his passions belong to all things automotive. His love ...