The Jet Setter: A Frenchman’s Lifelong Love Affair with a Mid-Engine Marvel

As a boy in France, Marc Cedron played with Matchbox and Dinky toys, and he pored over magazines like Road & Track and Sport ...
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Toyota’s Highly Anticipated MR2 Revival Could See Competition from a Very Unlikely Name

It seems like the affordable mid-engine sports car wars are heating up. Hyundai recently published a YouTube video on its channel, teasing a new prototype that’s sporting a new mid-placed internal ...
autoevolution

5 Road-Legal Sports Cars That Used Mid-Mounted Engines Before It Was Cool

Nowadays the go-to recipe for the most lethal high-performance exotics, the mid-mounted engine gained popularity in ...
Road & Track

Hyundai Is Apparently Still Working On a Powerplant for a Mid-Engine Car

Back in the 2010s, Hyundai had ambitious plans for a mid-engined halo car. This idea never actually reached production, or even known on-road testing in camouflage, but the company showed off a ...
Jalopnik

The Best-Looking Corvette Of All Time Never Made It Out Of The Concept Stage And Had A Rotary Engine

How does a mid-engine Corvette with a rotary powerplant sound to you? Two great tastes that could have gone great together – and that GM recently commended in a series it's been running called "Retro ...
The Drive

Toyota’s New Mid-Engine Testbed Sidelined by Development ‘Difficulties’

Toyota’s not-so-secret mid-engine sports car program has hit a snag. The GR Yaris M Concept, which the company announced back in January, has still not made an appearance in Japan’s Super Taikyu ...
Autoblog

Hyundai Confirms High-Performance Mid-Mounted Engine That Could Power a Genesis Supercar

This could be the coolest thing Hyundai has done yet. Hyundai is developing a high-efficiency, high-performance mid-engine sports car engine. An engineer mentioned a new Genesis engine focused on ...
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Hyundai’s Next Leap: N Division Develops Mid-Engine Powertrain for Future High-Performance Models

Enthusiasm for Hyundai's high-performance N division is reaching new heights. Following the launch of their second ...
Carscoops

Toyota’s Mid-Engine Sports Car Just Hit A Serious Snag

At the 2025 Tokyo Auto Salon, Toyota Gazoo Racing pulled the wraps off the GR Yaris M concept. Despite looking like the regular model, the car featured a mid-mounted turbocharged 2.0-liter ...
autoevolution

5 of the Most Breathtaking Mid-Engine Supercars From the 1980s

The 1980s saw the introduction of many memorable sports cars, including the following five mid-engine supercar icons. Though the weight distribution advantages of the mid-engine layout had been proven ...
Autoblog

Toyota Admits ‘Many Challenges’ With Its Mid-Engine Sports Prototype

Toyota is under a time crunch to meet its goal of debuting the mid-engine GR Yaris M Concept during Japan’s Super Taikyu Series. Toyota’s GR Yaris M Concept, a testbed for the company’s compact ...
Carscoops

Another Gas Sports Car Dies So An Electric One Can Live

Lightweight, relatively affordable, mid-engine sports cars are almost unheard of these days, but the Alpine A110 has been serving enthusiasts ever since 2017. However, its time is coming to an end as ...