Subaru and Cosworth will work together to develop a four cylinder boxer engine, the 1.6-liter with turbo. The unit will help the Japanese to return in motorsport.

Subaru and his partner Cosworth are currently in discussions to develop a new propeller powered by gasoline. Most likely, the two partners will give rise to a turbocharged four-cylinder boxer engine with a capacity of 1.6-liters.

The unit could see the light until 2012, and will debut in the Impreza model range engines. But the engine could serve a more noble purpose, namely the back of the Japanese automaker in world motorsport landscape. With such a powerful engine, Subaru could run again in rally competitions such as the WTCC and WRC, of course if it receives the FIA agreement.

About the unit is not currently known if the boxer will be derived from the current 1.5-liter and 107 HP, reserved to the economic Impreza version. Subaru and Cosworth is not the first collaboration of its kind, not much the Japanese revealing a special edition of Impreza, more exactly STi CS400.

It seems that the Japanese get along well with the guys from Cosworth and we hope to bring also on market a lot of intelligent engines.