For the bulk of its history, Mercedes-Benz has offered vehicles with their considerable, and even not so sizable, powerplants ...

Did you watch ever Mad Max: Fury Road and feel like you wanted to drive one of their hand-made, post-apocalyptic death-traps on public roads? Well that seems to be what obscure car builder Devon West ...

The rear-engine Volkswagen is coming back. Sources deep inside VW's headquarters have indicated that the company currently is working on a rump-motored, water-cooled small car, one that mimics the ...

If I had to pick one time in history to be an automotive engineer, I'd have to pick the mid-to-late 1930s. Well, as a Jew, there'd be some pretty serious trade-offs about that era, of course, but as ...

Rear-engine jets, once a common sight in commercial aviation, have largely disappeared from the fleets of major airlines. Despite their decline in commercial use, these aircraft remain a staple in the ...

Mid-engine cars have had their periods of popularity through the years, each followed by a valley of decline. Most recently the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette sports car sparked a renewed interest in these ...

In 2004, Dodge rolled into the North American International Auto Show with a concept that sounded like a real winner. The Slingshot was a compact sports car with a retracting soft top. It was powered ...

Check out these speculative engine-location swaps inspired by the immense popularity of the mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette C8. The designers at Budget Direct Car Insurancewent to town shuffling around ...

In moving the engine to the rear, Garlits learned three lessons: slow the steering down, use an open rearend, and put an airfoil on the front! The following story originally appeared with the title of ...

John CooperÕs 1961 Grand Prix racer, above, provided the template for his attempt at the Indy 500. The Indianapolis 500, called by many “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” started in 1911. For the ...