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

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…

Most of the cars you mention have mid-engine cars. They are behind the driver and in front of the rear wheels. The 911 is the only one with a rear engine. I agree, Keith! I just didn’t see your first sentence.

Seems to me that the best-designed rear-engine car was the old-style Volkswagen Beetle, with its air-cooled “pancake” 4-cylinder engine just behind the rear wheels. I’ve heard a number of people say how well a VW Bug could plow right through a snow-covered street while front-engine RWD cars would ha…

Garagtop…packaging for rear engine cars is indeed a nightmare. While resorting to storage in the front, you change the handling dynamics significantly, loading it up with golf clubs. Not nearly the big change when throwing weight into a rear trunk. The only rear engine vehicles that seem to be immun…

A rear engine also moves more noise away from the driver.

“what is the advantage of a rear engine car???” Traction, especially under adverse driving conditions at normal driving speeds…Also, it allows stylists a free hand with radical front-end configurations including very aerodynamic ones… But once balance shifts past 40-60 front-rear, high-speed handl…

One major advantage of a front-engine car is crash safety. Since many vehicle crashes are on the front end, there’s north of 1,000 pounds worth of engine and transmission to help protect the passengers.

Some would argue that a disadvantage of front engine cars is crash safety. An energy absorbing front end that does not include that 1000 lbs of motor/transmission might be easier to manage in a crash.

BTW most purely racing cars are mid-engined and expensive. I owned a Porsche 911 back in the '70’s (and my wife-to-be had a Beetle), and the purported advantages of rear engines were more efficient traction and braking power. Both these advantages supposedly came from the effects of weight transfe…

What is the advantage of a rear engine car?

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Rod-Knox January 23, 2012, 6:10am 19

This is as simple as they get these days.

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What is the advantage of a rear engine car?

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