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The Lotus Europa S1 was based on a prototype built to compete for Henry Ford II's contract to build a Le Mans race car in the early 1960s.. Mounting the engine in the middle instead of the front of the vehicle puts more weight over the rear tires, so they have more traction and provide more assistance to the front tires in braking the vehicle, with less chance of rear-wheel lockup and less ...
Most mid-engine cars, because of the size and position of the engine and transmission, compromise heavily on both passenger and boot/trunk space. Four-wheel-drive systems tend to be quite heavy and some of the engine's power can be lost through the various differentials in the car, in addition to the frictional losses of the powertrain.
RMR layout; the engine is located in front of the rear axle. Rear Mid-engine transversely-mounted / Rear-wheel drive. 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 of gravity in front of the rear axle, and thus right behind the passenger compartment.
Unveiled in 1962, it was the world’s first mid-engine production car. It’s also so obscure that people forget it exists, claiming the Porsche 550 Spyder instead.
With the carbon-fiber, rear-engine CTR Anniversary and SCR out there, RUF wants to do another mid-engine car.
The auto show vehicle, unveiled at the 2004 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, Michigan took less than one year for design and development. The exterior design was done by American Brian Nielander. [3] Chrysler announced at the 2004 NAIAS that the ME Four-Twelve was a full running prototype. [4]
Car and Driver (video game) Lerner Research: Electronic Arts: DOS 1992 Car Town: Cie Games Glu Mobile: FMP, iOS 2010-07-27 Car Wars: Texas Instruments: Texas Instruments: TI-99/4A 1981 Carmageddon: Stainless Games: Sales Curve Interactive, Interplay Productions: DOS, WIN, Mac, PS1, N64, GBC, iOS, Droid 1997-06-30 Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse ...
In automotive design, a front-mid-engine, front-wheel-drive layout (also called more simply "mid-engine, front-wheel-drive layout", and abbreviated MF or FMF) is one in which the front road wheels are driven by an internal-combustion engine placed just behind them, in front of the passenger compartment. [1] [2] [3] [4]