5 cars with boxer engines that AREN'T a Subaru, VW, or Porsche
You may know the three brands as being synonymous with boxer or 'flat' engines, but there's...
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Who copied who?
Long before China got in on the act, the Japanese were the biggest offenders when it came to 'borrowing' design inspiration from other brands.
When the FC RX-7 was released in 1985, Mazda was quite honest with its inspiration coming from the Porsche 924.
Nicknamed the poor man’s Ferrari, the W20 Toyota MR2 shared more than a few similarities with Ferrari’s 348.
Both coupes have pop-up headlights, a long bonnet and stubby rear end but, in a role reversal the A70 Supra arrived on the market four years before the BMW’s 8-series.
Only separated by a few months, the Toyota AE86 and Nissan Silvia S12 (Gazelle here) look almost identical, particularly with the Corolla in Trueno guise. This likeness was carried across both hatchback and coupe bodies.
Aimed at the US market, the first Celica fastback was effectively a scaled-down Mustang. The Celica was quickly nicknamed the Japanese Mustang and these days are worth almost Mustang money.
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