That's in interesting point - I kept thinking "Why didn't they just make the car 4" longer so all that H/W doesn't poke forward into the cabin?"
If the original design had a different engine planned, maybe the configuration makes sense...
But what engine would it have been?
Thanks -
Rocky
PS> I hope I'm not taking these posts off track!
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