In the 1960s, this was the exact story of Rene Bonnet, who built his own little sports car from scratch (and with a bit of ...

To ensure sufficient second-row legroom in a mid-engined four-seater layout, the car must be made longer to compensate for the space taken up by the engine, hence a four-seater mid-engined ...

Ferdinand Porsche, who collaborated on the fearsome mid-engine V12 and V16-powered Auto Union racecars. But following the 356/1, Ferry soon realized that his dream car's impractical layout might ...

The second reason a designer might choose to go for a back engine layout is to use that weight ... We're going to cross rear-mid-engine cars from this list, though, as that's a whole different ...

Nevertheless, throughout its history, Porsche has built several spectacular road cars that took advantage of the motorsport-derived mid-engine layout. So, without further ado, let's remember five ...

It's a layout found in some of the most popular ... plunge and gave its fans a "mid-engine" Corvette. So what's a "mid-engine" car. It's actually quite simple. It just means that instead of ...

but that GM is seriously considering dropping the front-engine/RWD drive layout of the car and switching it entirely to a mid-engine set up. All the way back in January, veteran automotive ...

The 1.75-liter four-cylinder turbo can make a 0-62 mph sprint in just 4.5 seconds thanks to the car’s low weight. With a mid-engine RWD layout, the 4C is light, balanced, and very stiff ...

He would have been Enzo's true successor and heir, but instead his legacy would at least stretch to a line of cars. At the time, a mid-engine layout was not uncommon in racing, but highly unusual ...

The redesign retains some familiar Corvette design cues, but the mid-engine layout gives the car new, eye-catching proportions that rival exotics like the Acura NSX and Audi R8. Inside ...

But, as a little sting in the tale, there is one unique aspect to the Rene Bonnet Djet - it was the world's first production car to get a mid-rear engine layout. And here's another curveball ...