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Rear-engine, Rear-wheel drive The post-war period was an exciting time for American automakers for a lot of reasons. One of which being that wartime rationing meant nobody was developing new cars ...

Yep, the V-8 StealthBeetle isn't merely an engine-swapped VW—it's an entire chassis kit that relocates the engine where it should be: slightly ahead of the rear axle, rather than hanging way out ...

Those numbers don't sound like a lot, but they moved a low-slung car that weighed 1,742 lb at its lightest. The engine was placed in the rear, powering the rear wheels through a six-speed single ...

Popular Mid-Engine Sports Cars. While the mid-engine layout offers definite performance advantages — superior handling and increased traction for the rear (driving) wheels versus front-engine cars — ...

On the surface, rear-engine cars make no sense. Having all that weight behind the rear axle is likely to make a car less easy to turn in and more eager to snap into oversteer; counteracting that ...

While the rear-engine design didn’t catch on with consumers of the 1930s, its history can still be appreciated today. The Mercedes-Benz Classic Center is located in Irvine, Calif. For more ...