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Is the 'flat engine' too good, or just too good to be true?

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Only Subaru and Porsche are guardians of the 'flat engine' tradition.

Ferdinand Porsche was the chief engineer of the Volkswagen Beetle, which used a flat- four engine.

With flat engines no longer in production, only boxers persist as upholders of the horizontal faith.

Flat engines can be mounted low to aid weight distribution, traction, cornering, braking and braking.

Boxer engines are supremely balanced, have a lower center of gravity and are more compact longitudinally than their inline counterparts.

At the same time, they are wider, heavier, more bespoke and more expensive to build and maintain.

Nicer means nicher, and after all, there’s no such thing as a free lunch.

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