For decades, the combination of a mid-engine layout and a manual transmission defined the pinnacle of driver involvement. These weren’t just sports cars; they were finely balanced machines that ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

The 2020 Corvette C8 did more than move its engine behind the seats. It took a layout long reserved for exotic badges and ...

Some Toyota MR2 models had a sequential manual transmission that was slow on upshifts. This made them slower than models ...

The cheapest mid-engine sports car that you can buy today is still not exactly inexpensive. It's the 2025 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray coupe equipped with the 1LT trim, which comes in at a base price ...

The reason why Corvettes, which have had some very powerful engines, switched from front-engined to mid-engined behind the driver dates back to the distant past. It was less than 10 years since the ...

A gentleman with access to the GM parts catalog has confirmed what everyone and their dog expected from the all-new ZR1. Closely related to the naturally-aspirated LT6 in the 2023 model year Z06, the ...

Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...

Let's be real here. For most car guys, the words "Pontiac Fiero" don't evoke immediate thoughts of high-performance ... at any level. Although the mid-engine, two-door compacts were categorized as ...

There is no blueprint for turning a classic 1967 Ford Mustang into a Honda Odyssey minivan engine-swapped, mid-engine LeMons racer. The Haynes manual goes out the door. YouTube won't save you, either.

Any average Joe or Jane could commission a custom car of their dreams built for them if their bank accounts are padded enough. But it takes a different internal fortitude entirely to make the car of ...

Although Formula 1 racing is known for being on the cutting edge of automotive engineering today, it didn't get started that way. When the cars lined up for the first modern Formula 1 Grand Prix in ...