The 2020 Corvette C8 did more than move its engine behind the seats. It took a layout long reserved for exotic badges and turned it into something a lot more people could realistically buy and drive ...
Long before the mid-engine layout became the standard for exotic high-performance rides, these road-legal sports cars went all in on placing the motor behind the driver, making history in the process.
The 1976 Fiat X1/9 arrived in showrooms with modest power figures and a humble badge, yet it delivered the kind of balance, style, and engineering usually reserved for far more expensive exotics. By ...
Though it was the first production version to employ a mid-engine configuration, the eight-generation was not the first mid-engine Corvette. First unveiled on July 18, 2019, in Tustin, California, ...