Originally Posted by Lug

Plus Subaru is developing the 2.0 in turbo form and it's scheduled for other platforms right now. Mnay think this will be added to the BRZ sometime after the car's initial offering. I'd certainly wait.

Found this...


Edmunds Inside Line:

New Subaru Turbos Coming in 2012

Just the Facts:

- In 2012, Subaru will introduce two turbocharged variants of its latest-generation direct-injection four-cylinder boxer engine.
- One of the new versions of the FB engine architecture will be a 300-horsepower STI variant.
- The Subaru BRZ sports car will likely receive the turbo boxer engine, though not at launch.

FRANKFURT, Germany — In 2012, Subaru will introduce two turbocharged variants of its latest-generation direct-injection four-cylinder boxer engine, including a 300-horsepower STI version.

The new FB engine architecture, first launched in the U.S. in normally aspirated guise in the 2011 Forester, will add boosted 1.6- and 2.0-liter variants next year.

Yet to be determined is whether the boosted version will find its way eventually into the new Subaru BRZ sport coupe. So far, Subaru is only talking about a normally aspirated version of the new 2.0-liter boxer engine for the BRZ, a variant of the FB architecture known as FA. The FA engine in the BRZ is understood to produce 200 hp and employ Toyota's D-4S direct- and port fuel-injection layout, though company officials would not confirm these widely held notions.

On the force-fed FB variants, the turbo is mounted beneath the engine, in contrast to the high-mount location typical of the turbo EJ-series engine still used in the U.S. The intercooler remains mounted directly above the engine.

In STI guise, the new 2.0-liter FB turbo is targeting the same 300-hp peak output as the existing engine, but will return 10 percent better fuel economy.

Inside Line says: Look for more details to emerge when the production version of the 2013 BRZ is formally unveiled in December at the Tokyo auto show.