The mid-engined car appeared the most impressive, although it was known at the time that such a layout would struggle to meet the noise, vibration and harshness ( NVH ) requirements of the project.

Lotus is credited with making the mid-engined layout popular for IndyCars, developing the first monocoque Formula One chassis, and the integration of the engine and transaxle as chassis components.

The 128 running gear and engine was used for the Fiat X1 / 9 sports car, where the entire front-wheel drive train, suspension and engine was moved to the rear of the car to provide a mid-engined layout.

It had a mid-engined layout and used the Type 547 / 3 1. 5-litre quad-cam engine () which was first introduced in the 550A.

Lotus associated the affordable but lightweight Renault engine and gearbox to the revolutionary Europa longitudinal mid-engined layout, inverting the gearbox's crown wheel on its pinion gear to avoid having four reverse gears.

A mid-engined layout placed more of the car's weight over the driven wheels, and allowed for a streamlined nose, but led to a cramped passenger compartment and more challenging handling.

He felt that a mid-engined road car would be too difficult for his buyers to handle, and it took many years for his engineers to convince him to adopt the layout.

The mid-engined 4 -, 6 -, and 8-cylinder Dino racing cars were the result, and Ferrari later allowed for the production Dino road cars to use the layout as well.

As with an F1 car, the V10 engine was mid-engined ( as opposed to the conventional front-engined layout ) and the power was transmitted to the rear wheels via a 6-speed semi-automatic gearbox, also used in the Williams FW15C.

A Bertone designed concept car called the Lancia Stratos Zero was shown to the public in 1970, but shares little but the name and mid-engined layout with the Stratos HF version.

Furthermore, because both axles are on the same side of the engine, it's technically more straightforward to drive all four wheels, than in a mid-engined configuration ( though there have been more high-performance cars with the M4 layout than with R4 ).

The mid-engined layout also uses up central space, making it impractical for any but two-seater sports cars.

These vehicles feature the mid-engined layout.

However, the " t " layout of the engine and transaxle, adapted from Ferrari's Formula One cars, continues to be used in mid-engined V8 model Ferraris to date, albeit with a more sophisticated chassis.

The " t " offered greater performance whilst retaining a mid-engined layout and a practical packaging layout, and was more favorably received.

All cars are mid-engined with most utilising a transverse gearbox layout and rear wheel drive.

It had a similar mid-engined layout, with a larger engine and roomier interior.

The mid-engined layout of the Montecarlo was retained, but the engine was turned 90 degrees from a transverse position to a longitudinal position.

The LMB ( originally simply the " 330 LM ") did not see much racing, as Ferrari was moving over to the mid-engined layout for racing.

The Lola proposal was chosen, since Lola had used a Ford V8 engine in their mid-engined Lola Mk 6 ( also known as Lola GT ).

Ford Motor Co. engineer Roy Lunn was sent to England ; he had designed the mid-engined Mustang I concept car powered by a 1. 7 litre V4.

Despite the small engine of the Mustang I, Lunn was the only Dearborn engineer to have some experience with a mid-engined car.

Brabham soon " seemed to merge into Cooper Cars ": he was not an employee, but he started working at Cooper on a daily basis from the midpoint of the 1955 season building a Bobtail mid-engined sports car, intended for Formula One, the top category of single seater racing.

A two-seat, mid-engined coupe, the Fiero was targeted straight at the same market that Semon Knudsen had been aiming for in the late 1950s: the young, affluent buyer who wanted sporting performance at a reasonable price.

Racing a mid-engined car, Scotsman Jim Clark was second in his first attempt in 1963, dominating in 1964 until suffering suspension failure on lap 47, and completely dominating the race in 1965, a victory which also interrupted the success of the Offy, and offering the 4. 2 litre Ford V8 its first success at the race.

There was a brief competitive history with a mid-engined, six-cylinder version of the Metro.

The V16 was used in Grand Prix by the mid-engined Auto Union racing cars that rivalled the Mercedes from 1933 to 1938.

It was Clark, driving a Lotus 38 at the Indianapolis 500 in 1965, who drove the first ever mid-engined car to victory at the fabled " Brickyard.

The Lamborghini Countach is a mid-engined supercar that was produced by Italian automaker Lamborghini from 1974 to 1990.

The Porsche Carrera GT ( Project Code 980 ) is a mid-engined sports car that was manufactured by Porsche between 2004 – 2007 in Leipzig, Germany.

Renault's 1, 108 cc inline-four engine was also used for the Missile, a strict two-seater convertible based on the Le Mans but with a re-worked front end, and for the mid-engined Djet.

The top-of-the-range Clio, however was the mid-engined, rear-wheel drive Clio V6 Renault Sport, originally engineered by Tom Walkinshaw Racing for a one-make racing series, which placed a 3. 0 L V6 engine, sourced from the Renault Laguna behind the front seats, with a top speed of.

This was mostly due to the practical limitations imposed by chain drive but it gave these cars exceptionally good handling characteristics which eventually led to the mid-engined revolution in single-seater racing.

Dino was a brand for mid-engined, rear-drive sports cars produced by Ferrari from 1968 to 1976.

The Renault 5 Turbo should not be confused with the Alpine Turbo or GT Turbo as it was radically modified by mounting a turbocharged engine behind the driver in what is normally the passenger compartment, creating a mid-engined hot hatch and rally car.

It was not until 1970 that a mid-engined 12-cylinder road car would appear.

It was a mid-engined car like the Dino, and the now flat-12 engine was mounted longitudinally rather than transversely ( as it was mounted in the Dino ; the Daytona was a conventional front-engine, longitudinal design ).

He contributed to the design of the mid-engined cars that Cooper introduced to Formula One and the Indianapolis 500, and won the Formula One world championship in 1959 and 1960.

He had to miss the prestigious Monaco Grand Prix in order to compete at Indianapolis, but made history by driving the first mid-engined car to win at the fabled " Brickyard ," as well as becoming the only driver to date to win both that race and the F1 title in the same year.

By the 1961 Formula One season, the Lotus and Ferrari teams had developed the mid-engined approach further than Cooper.

Coventry Climax were late in producing the smaller 1. 5-litre engine required for the 1961 season and the Cooper-Climaxes were outclassed by new mid-engined cars from Porsche, Lotus and championship-winners Ferrari.

* Lotus 18 ( 1960 – 1961 ): First mid-engined Lotus single seater — Formula Junior / F2 / F1

The mid-engined 1961 246 SP used this same engine, as did the 156 F1.

Although Enzo Ferrari resisted the move even with Cooper dominating F1, Ferrari began producing mid-engined racing cars in 1960 with the Ferrari Dino-V6-engine Formula Two 156, which would be turned into the Formula One-winner of 1961.