In the late 70s, Subies were good MPG, but the modern ones are notoriously bad. Max-effort STi 2-door versions are cool, but I'd prefer an Evo if they had ever been offered in 2-door. The flat 4 gets the weight down, but it's still entirely in front of the axle centerline. Also, a decade ago, when I was still machining used engine parts all day every day, nearly half of what came in was Subaru heads, even more than SBC 350 stuff. So there's the other big reason against Subie.
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