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Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

front end is light in weight when you get it corner balanced.

rear engine = pendulum = bad if you lift on the throttle in apex of corner, yay for oversteer and you steer with the right foot.


front engine cars push in corners and understeer = tree Tree TREE.


mid enginer cars like GT40 or Acura NSX = happy medium?


if thus, then why don't we see more mid engine cars?

Rear engined cars push/understeer in corners too.

We don't see many mid engined cars because they are much less practical than other designs. Cars are a compromise to fill many roles and usually practicality and cost win out. That means mid engined cars are rare.

Mid engined cars are also much more active. Because the weight is near the center of the car, when it starts to rotate, it may rotate very quickly making it hard to control.

I think the happy medium cars would have the layout of the 944 and modern corvettes with the engine in the front and the transaxle in the rear making the car more stable and slow to rotate.