Subaru announces diesel engine for 2008
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While it is the norm to not have a diesel powered option available for most vehicle models in the U.S. market, in Europe it generally guarantees low sales, especially for mainstream vehicles. Honda eventually broke down and developed a diesel engine for some of their European vehicles, and even a luxury brand like Jaguar is now offering diesel options in some of their cars. Subaru, one of the last manufacturers to strictly offer gasoline engines for all its models, has finally announced it is developing its own 2.0 liter diesel. Don't go running to your dealer just yet though, its not scheduled to appear until 2008, and its unclear weather it will show up in the U.S. market at all. The 2.0 liter diesel is schedule to appear in the Legacy in 2008. A six cylinder, 3.0 liter diesel might be built for the Tribeca, but this will be for an even later date. [Source: WhatCar?]
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1985 Gripen 3:37PM (8/03/2006)
You might remember that until late last year (I believe) General Motors had a 20% stake in Subaru, which it has subsequently sold to Toyota.
Prior to this GM's Swedish subsidiary SAAB entered into a partnership with Subaru. One of the vehicles they were to share was the Subaru Tribeca B9, which SAAB was to sell as the 9-6X. One of the problems SAAB had with the design was that it was not capable of fitting a diesel engine, something which is considered essential in the European market. To remedy this GM and Subaru announced a partnership with the other automanufacturer (other than Subaru) who uses "boxer" (where the cylinders in the engine are horizontally-opposed in shape unlike a "V" or "inline" configuration) configuration engines: Porsche. They were to work together on a boxer configuration diesel that would fit in the Tribeca/9-6X. The projects and partnerships were cancelled with the sale of GM's stake in Subaru.
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prattacus 2:39PM (8/04/2006)
My Subaru had such terrible pre-ignition, it might well have been a diesel.
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SCHEEL-AYERS 8:52AM (1/03/2008)
ON OUR 9TH SUBARU. BEST I CAN FIND. DIESEL (TURBO) ONLY MAKES IT BETTER.
MY GAS POWERED 2.5L TURBO SI GETS 27.4MPG HIGHWAY AT 55 AND 19MPG AT 80. I IMAGINE A DIESEL WILL DO EVEN BETER
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