STUTTGART, Germany — Porsche is poised to revive the flat-4 engine for its new baby roadster, as well as existing models such as the Boxster, the Cayman and the 911.
Britain’s Autocar magazine quoted Wolfgang Durheimer, who recently quit his post as head of Porsche R&D to become Bentley CEO, as saying Porsche has “a four-cylinder boxer engine under development” and that it “can be applied” to the Boxster, the Cayman and the 911.
According to Autocar, Porsche’s four-cylinder boxer engine will displace 2.5 liters and, in turbocharged form, will deliver 360 horsepower.
The engine is earmarked initially for  … More
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