Reply to "First mid-engine road car in History was the René-Bonnet Djet"

1973panteraPantera # 5181

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Originally posted by Zonda:
...and if we talk about road-legal (not racing) cars, the Sweepstakes race cars cannot be retained.
The Model A, correct me if I'm wrong was a front-engined car, as seen on this period document reprint, or... ?

That diagram you show is for the "second" model A which was built from 1927-31 and were indeed front engined.

The first A models, the mid engine ones, were built in 1903-4.

The quadricycle was indeed mid engined. The transmission, flywheel, crankshaft, connecting rods, and pistons are in the center of the car; the top of the cylinders, heads, and valve train partially extend on/over the top of the axle, but the bulk is well before the axle.

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