== Subaru innovation? I think not. == 

 "Subaru, an automobile manufacturer with a history of making aircraft engines, has developed a front-engine configuration for use with its flat engines. The engine is mounted longitudinally ahead of the front axle and the transmission is mounted longitudinally behind the front axle. Although this layout is intrinsically more expensive to manufacture, less compact, and less space efficient for front wheel drive than a transverse V6, it allows the addition of four-wheel drive by taking power off both the front and back ends of the transmission, since the transmission is located between the front and rear axles. As a result of this unique layout, Subaru now specializes in all-wheel drive vehicles." 
 On most of its automobiles, Audi as well uses a Longitudinal all wheel drive layout (as well as for most of its front wheel drive cars) with the engine in front of the axle, it almost seems like sensationalist propaganda to say that Subaru pioneered the usage of an opposed layout engine in front of the axles (as well as all wheel drive in a longitudinal layout with the engine in front of the front Axle), as Lancia and Citroën both had cars of a similar layout before Subaru. Another qualm that I have with this section is that it is not like placing the transmission in that layout magically made it suitable for all wheel drive, instead, it was likely re-engineered for that usage (I highly doubt they just "slapped on" a normal transaxle and arrived at all wheel drive, like the article might seem to imply). The power for the front wheels, as well, is not coming directly from the front of the transaxle, rather it is coming from the sides of it, otherwise, where would the engine be attached? The layout Subaru is not unique, and this section seems poorly, and not factually written.