Brows­ing the local blo­gos­phere (PaulTan.org to be exact) we were sur­prised to hear news that the pre­vi­ously announced Sub­aru Tur­bod­iesel Boxer engine has been on show at Frank­furt. The new motor is the first of it’s kind, a hor­i­zon­tally opposed turbo diesel four cylin­der engine, and we expect it’ll be in a vari­ant of the new Impreza, and per­haps the local Lib­erty in the future.

Power comes in at 110KW (147HP), which is on par with the nat­u­rally aspi­rated 2.0L petrol engine. Torque comes in with a meaty 350Nm of torque. The engine is 2.0L in capacity.

There’s no men­tion of fuel effi­ciency, but you can expect it to be good, even bet­ter than the petrol N/​A. With that much torque, you could almost use an hypo­thet­i­cal tur­bod­iesel Boxer Impreza as a tow car.