Hi Volks:

This is from the msn site, and describes the new Subaru engines, for those
dreaming of "More Power! in their Vanagons":

"Subaru fans can rejoice. The automaker has finally taken the wraps off its
upcoming 6-cylinder engine and put it into two new models unveiled in New
York. The 2001 Outback H6-3.0 VDC and Outback H6-3.0 L.L. Bean Edition have
the new, 212-horsepower horizontally opposed 6-cylinder engine, which is
mated to a 4-speed automatic transmission. Subaru noted the new engine
produces more than the 165 horses of its longstanding, 2.5-liter 4-cylinder
engine, yet is only 0.8 of an inch longer. Torque in the new engine is 210
lb-ft at 4400 rpm. "

Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy "Iron Igloo"
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"