if we look at high performance sports car,we can see most of their engines at rear portion but as usual cars we see engines at front portion…except from normal cars what kind of benefit do the rear engine cars give us???..like lamborghini,audi r8,posche 911,bugatti veyron

I agree with all of the above, but it is important to clarify exactly what is meant by “rear engine”. Nowadays, carmakers realize that putting an engine too far to the rear will result in extreme oversteer. For instance, the Auto Union race cars of the 1930s had HUGE engines placed behind the rear…

I agree with the Corvair statement completely. I owned one back in the mid-sixties and I can tell you that there was no advantage to having that engine in the rear. At slow speeds it was not too much of a problem but at higher speeds I had a tough time going around the slightest curves. Add a little…

For some reason American drivers seem biased to understeer and the Corvair’s oversteer, in its original design, was a disaster when sold as a family sedan. And GM went so far as to build a Corvair wagon. The car was a lot of fun to drive in its day and the pickup version might have been a workable v…

Rod–The Corvair station wagon and the van version had an additional problem. Because the engine was–literally–inside the passenger cabin, and because the heater boxes tended to rot out after a few years, exhaust fumes would seep into the cabin, with sometimes disasterous results. I vividly recal…

My experience with the Corvair pickup was delivering groceries in a small town, VDCdriver. I doubt that I ever exceeded 45 mph but it seems like at the time it handled much easier than the GMC pickup that it was replacing. The worst complaint that I recall from owners was belt failures.

Advantage, oversteer…disadvantage,oversteer.

hmm…but xperts say that the gravity centre of a car is at the mid-rear position,as a result,there might not be so problem…but i don’t know very well about that

It’s more than achieving 50/50 weight distribution. A front engine car can have a near 50/50 weight distribution as well (eg, BMW). Mid engine cars concentrate their weight in the middle, allowing them to easily change direction. Try to hold a heavy dumbbell with the weights on both sides of your…

Most of the cars you mention are mid engine. The 911 is a rear engine and the Corvairs that everyone else mentioned are rear engine. In a mid engine, the engine is behind the driver but forward of the rear axles. The rear engined cars are best on snow and ice, the mid engine cars are capable of t…

What is the advantage of a rear engine car?

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VDCdriver January 22, 2012, 11:30pm 10

Rod–For local grocery deliveries, it was probably a good vehicle.
Corvairs were known for very light steering, so it was probably a pleasure to pilot–as long as you kept your speed down. And, those drop-down ramps on the side were an excellent idea.

Just be glad that your employer used the pickup version, rather than the van version!

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What is the advantage of a rear engine car?

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