Yahoo Auctions Subaru Leone (Sedan)

I often find myself looking at cars for sale online and I'm sure you do too. I came across this car and thought considering the resurfacing of related media, why not give it a little feature. After all this generation of Leone is often underappreciated and even referred to as a fugly, because it looks fucking ugly.

But styling is a matter of opinion and while I hands down prefer the coupe which even then looks about the same I still really like the older subies. This one in particular has clocked up 95,800 kilometres and looks to be a fairly well loved survivor.

Despite the low quality Yahoo Auction photos you have probably picked up on a few things. Yes it is 4-wheel-drive and uses the early Subaru selection system of front-wheel-drive engage-able to 4WD.

It is indeed a four speed manual and has a tachometer surprisingly. And your thinking is correct, the interior is actually quite nice. But what exactly is a SEEC-T 1600CC 4 cylinder boxer engine?

While it is a great bit of marketing it doesn't exactly explain how it works. However, thanks to a forum answer on the Ultimate Subaru Message Board, SEEC-T or Subaru Exhaust Emission Control Technique was a clever trick where the system introduces fresh air into the combustion chamber that works with the air/fuel mixture to sandwich unburned exhaust (which comes in through a special air-intake valve) and ensures more complete burning. This not only cleans up the exhaust, but allows the engine to run a leaner mixture of fuel. This meant the car did not require any sort of catalytic converter. Actually pretty cool, a somewhat emissions friendly, go anywhere, under dog sedan (& wagon).

The visual marketing for this generation of car is great. My personal favourite being the Subaru Marine outboard in the back of the wagon or Estate Van.