a mid-engine layout describes the placement of an automobile engine in front of the rear-wheel axles, but behind the front axle. The mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive...
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In automobile design, a rear-engine design layout places the engine at the rear of the vehicle. The center of gravity of the engine itself is behind the...
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weight goes on the rear wheels, that causes understeer. Mid-engine design Rear-engine design Vangelder (24 February 2017). Fundamentals of Automotive...
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In automotive design, an RMR, or rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout is one in which the rear wheels are driven by an engine placed with its center...
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Chevrolet Corvette (C8) (category Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicles)
is the first rear mid-engine Corvette since the model's introduction in 1953, differing from the traditional front mid-engine design started in 1963. The...
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straight-six engine has perfect primary and secondary engine balance, resulting in fewer vibrations than other designs of six or fewer cylinders. Until the mid-20th...
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The Mazda L-series is a mid-sized inline 4-cylinder gasoline piston engine designed by Mazda as part of their MZR family, ranging in displacement from...
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Ferrari Testarossa (category Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicles)
with a rear-mounted, five-speed manual transmission. The rear mid-engine design (engine between the axles but behind the cabin) keeps the centre of gravity...
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In automotive design, a front-engine, front-wheel-drive (FWD) layout, or FF layout, places both the internal combustion engine and driven roadwheels at...
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V8 engine designed autonomously by Mercedes-Benz subsidiary Mercedes-AMG, as previous AMG engines have always been based on original Mercedes engines. The...
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cab over engine or mid-engine design. Typically fitted with Toyota engines, a few versions, particularly diesels, received Daihatsu's own engines. The Delta...
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front-engine design (as either an FF layout, FR layout or F4 layout), however the majority of cars with a Mid-engine design or rear-engine design belong...
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In automotive design, an M4, or Mid-engine, Four-wheel-drive layout places the internal combustion engine in the middle of the vehicle, between both axles...
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basic design and architecture with the larger Family II unit (correspondingly known as the "large block"), which covers the mid range and higher engine capacities...
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Lamborghini Miura (category Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicles)
impressed by Marcello Gandini's sleek styling and the car's revolutionary mid-engine design. Lamborghini's flagship, the Miura received periodic updates and remained...
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a conventional front-engined designed, the prototype race car used a mid-engined design (also known as a rear mid-engine design; behind the driver, but...
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In automotive design, an F4, or front-engine, four-wheel drive (4WD) layout places the internal combustion engine at the front of the vehicle and drives...
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sport a mid-engined design. It also sported a new flat-12 engine, the Tipo F102A, and was the first Ferrari road car to feature such an engine. It was...
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In automotive design, a front-mid-engine, front-wheel-drive layout (also called more simply "mid-engine, front-wheel-drive layout", and abbreviated MF...
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with the direction of travel, except for some rear-mid engine vehicles, which use a transverse engine and transaxle mounted in the rear instead of the front...
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differs from typical Ruf models in that it uses a Mid-engine design, as opposed to the 911's Rear-engine design. Automotive journalists have compared it to...
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introduced in 1993, and the Ford Cologne V6 engine, whose design dates back to 1962. The first version of the Cyclone engine, a 3.5 L V6, appeared in the 2007 Ford...
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Toyota MR2 (category Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicles)
Japan's first rear mid-engined production car. Conceived as a small, economical and sporty car, the MR2 uses simple but effective design elements, including...
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The Wankel engine (/ˈvaŋkəl̩/, VUN-kell) is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion...
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intake-over-exhaust engines used a hybrid design combining elements of both side-valves and overhead valves. The first internal combustion engines were based on...
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Volkswagen Golf Mk5 (category Cars powered by VR engines)
30 in) wider, the rear seats have been removed to accommodate the mid-engine design, and the roof is made from carbon-fibre composite, front brakes are...
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power and economy improvements over the Barra 190. The engine also moved to a rear sump design to suit the new FG Falcon front sub-frame.[citation needed]...
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the company until the mid-1980s An alphanumeric system in use since then The numeric engine referencing system used until the mid-1980s was simply the...
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Tucker Sno-Cat (section Track design evolution)
Kitten was powered by a 10 hp engine. Additionally there was at least one prototype featuring two tracks and a mid-engine design. The more common four track...
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mid 2013, ending with the final production of the 3UZ-FE-powered Toyota Crown Majesta I-FOUR. Toyota's UZ engine family was replaced by the UR engine...
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