Boxer Diesel

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by WhiteRX on 20-03-08 10:30 AM

Not sure if you lads have posted this info before but here it goes anyway..

I was just snooping around the UK Subaru site and found that the Diesel has been launched there in the Outback and Legacy formats. Surely this boads well for the Australian market??

Anyway, I have some specs on the engine itself here:

5MT, AWD
Dimensions: L x W x H : 4,720 x 1,730 x 1,470 mm
Engine: Horizontally-Opposed, 4-cylinder, Turbocharged DOHC,
16-valve, diesel engine
Capacity: 1,998 cc
Max output: 110 kW (150 PS) / 3,600 rpm
Max torque: 350 Nm (35.7 kgfm) / 1,800 rpm
Combined Fuel Consumption from 48.7 mpg

48.7 MPG!!!!

To put that in Ozzy terms, that's a combined fuel consumption of aroun 5.8 L/100 klm! That should easily see you over 1000 k's per tank.

Nice bit of torque too...

Given the prices indicated in the UK, the top of the line Diesel will be selling here for about 50K.

Here's what the press are saying:

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k67/seesully/Technology_boxerDiesel_Quotes_homep.jpg

All info obtained from http://www.subaru.co.uk and http://www.boxerdiesel.com
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by SD_ on 20-03-08 10:56 AM

It sounds really good. Im hanging for it to come to australia so i can trade my liberty in for one
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by scrim on 20-03-08 03:57 PM

yawn.. Until they develop a high performance TD Petrol ftw.
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by WhiteRX on 20-03-08 04:42 PM

^^^^^ Ummmm Duh... WTF are you talking about scrim?

350nM of torque from 1800rpm is pretty ball tearing and would pound the p1ss out of alot of petrol powered machines.
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by scrim on 20-03-08 04:43 PM

I guess I was mainly looking at the KW figure..
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by Subarujunkie on 20-03-08 04:58 PM

WhiteRX;121557 wrote:

^^^^^ Ummmm Duh... WTF are you talking about scrim?

350nM of torque from 1800rpm is pretty ball tearing and would pound the p1ss out of alot of petrol powered machines.
so true diesel kicks asss in torque just rips...i couldnt find the 0-100 times...i must be blind
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by scrim on 20-03-08 04:59 PM

If anyone had the 0-100 times it'd be interesting to see.
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by WhiteRX on 20-03-08 06:42 PM

0-100 quoted at 8.9 seconds.

Not blisteringly quick, but no slouch either. That's a few seconds quicker than the NA 2.5.

http://www.subaru.co.uk/Subaru_co_uk/Vi … uid=M1M5M7
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by Subarujunkie on 20-03-08 07:30 PM

WhiteRX;121572 wrote:

0-100 quoted at 8.9 seconds.

Not blisteringly quick, but no slouch either. That's a few seconds quicker than the NA 2.5.

http://www.subaru.co.uk/Subaru_co_uk/Vi … uid=M1M5M7
that is an animal for a diesel engined car.....thanks for finding it....i couldnt see it
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by CRUISN on 20-03-08 07:43 PM

hope its very quiet and is hard to know its a diesel by the dakka dakka sound.

even late model diesels are still too noisy for my liking. I have two fiends with new diesel 4 cyl cars and they still sound like diesels.

I heard an brand new volkswagen passat wagon the other day drive past. noisiest late model diesel ive heard. like a tractor!
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by XoN on 20-03-08 07:50 PM

scrim;121558 wrote:

I guess I was mainly looking at the KW figure..
I had a bit of a spirited run up a mountain down around the Vic snow fields with a Golf diesel up my arse the whole time. Just because diesels don't have a huge power figure doesn't mean they can't keep up! :Pilot:

Mind you as soon as we hit a nice flat bit he was gooonnne :beach:
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by WhiteRX on 20-03-08 08:05 PM

CRUI5N wrote:

hope its very quiet and is hard to know its a diesel by the dakka dakka sound.

even late model diesels are still too noisy for my liking. I have two fiends with new diesel 4 cyl cars and they still sound like diesels.

I heard an brand new volkswagen passat wagon the other day drive past. noisiest late model diesel ive heard. like a tractor!
All the press reports listed on the first post are indicating that it's very "quiet" for a diesel.

I'm quiet looking forward to this one arriving here...
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by scrim on 20-03-08 10:45 PM

XoN;121578 wrote:

I had a bit of a spirited run up a mountain down around the Vic snow fields with a Golf diesel up my arse the whole time. Just because diesels don't have a huge power figure doesn't mean they can't keep up! :Pilot:

Mind you as soon as we hit a nice flat bit he was gooonnne :beach:
fair enough, the only experience I have with TD's is 4WDs, was a dog driving around (compared to its petrol brother) but for towing (boats in our case) it was awesome for a 4 cylinder.
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by XXB4XX on 20-03-08 11:37 PM

I will be getting one with the price of fuel these days for sure...

im actually starting to :heart: Subaru..

I have come a long way to get to this point... about 2 years!
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by geoff_tewierik on 24-03-08 01:43 PM

I'm hoping the Diesel 6 isn't far behind.

Now that would be an engine to have!
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by MarkC77 on 01-04-08 12:59 PM

Is there any word of a diesel auto?  Seems like nearly all diesel cars in Australia are manual.  A DSG style gearbox mated to a boxer diesel engine and not to mention AWD would be quite a phenominal car.  Hope Subaru are listening.
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by regashi on 01-04-08 01:17 PM

geoff_tewierik;122128 wrote:

I'm hoping the Diesel 6 isn't far behind.

Now that would be an engine to have!
boxer diesel 6 + brumby = best car ever.
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by ercle wagon on 01-04-08 03:33 PM

scrim;121552 wrote:

yawn.. Until they develop a high performance TD Petrol ftw.
according to what i see on the site (the lib anyway) has the DOHC turbocharged 16valve engine....
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by Blaeven on 07-04-08 08:49 PM

I've driven a golf 1.9 TD with a DSG... that was a seriously quick car, and the 2 liter VW TD is apparently faster, newer technology etc...

and the sound wasn't that loud, besides, i don't think i really hate the should of a deisel, must be the farm boy in me coming through.

wonder if there will be much boxer sound from the TD engine... I think it is going to sound unlike anything we've heard before.

scrim;121552 wrote:

yawn.. Until they develop a high performance TD Petrol ftw.
if it's too slow for you just chuck on a bigger turbo??
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by Blaeven on 07-04-08 08:51 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo9wRfd4QkI

sounds trucky, but not annoyingly so
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