#mid-engined

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Mid-Engined RWD Sports Car

Mid-Engined RWD Sports Car

Mid-Engined RWD Sports Car

Mid-Engined RWD Sports Car

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V12 Volkswagen bay window bus

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Gold-plated 1983 DeLorean DMC-12 for sale on Hemmings.com.

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Porsche 914/4 1.7 Targa and Porsche 914 2.0 Targa It must have been in 1979. 10 minutes in the used open, lemon-yellow 1914er of the uncle from the big city of Hamburg have influenced the author’s automobile preferences decisively. At that time already the 80 hp (59 kW) fuel-injected 1.7 L Volkswagen flat-4 engine was enough for the childlike feeling for imaginary Porsche power. With 1973 came the introduction of the also VW assembled 100 hp (74 kW) 2.0 L four-cylinder 914 model (pic 2), replacing the Porsche assembled 914/6 which was discontinued after the 1972 model year due to poor sales. Here we have both (!) models in one Hamburg street scene, where the editor himself now lives. The uncle unfortunately died a few years ago, but the memory will live on. Early car-education works.

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Historic Ferrari Sharknose

The story of the mid-engined Sharknose Ferraris is one of glory and drama. Outstanding victories, such as winning the Formula 1 Championship in 1961 with American driver Phil Hill, are inextricably linked with profound tragedies - for example, the death of Wolfgang von Trips and fifteen spectators at the 1961 Italian Grand Prix in Monza. Newcomer Giancarlo Baghetti, on the other hand, is immortalised in the record books with three wins in his first three Formula 1 appearances - including the World Championship race in Reims.

The team's sporting decline in 1962, after a glorious season the year before with seven Grand Prix victories, is pure drama. Constant intervention in team operations by Ferrari's wife, Laura, drove away the entire leadership cadre of the Scuderia around Carlo Chiti, leaving to 26-year-old Mauro Forghieri the daunting task of running the team's technical operations. Forghieri rose to the challenge and became one of the towering figures of motor sports.

While the monoposto 156, an icon in the world of Formula 1 and with irresistible styling by Fantuzzi, became a legend, the sports prototypes, also drawn by Fantuzzi, with their low weight and aerodynamically optimized shapes, had an enduring effect on the development of two-seater race cars in the years to follow. They celebrated wins in the Targa Florio, on the Nürburgring, and in the European Hill Climb Championship.