rear engined - no googling

peasant

following on from the "boxer" thread

What cars are there that have or had the engine hanging out the back?

Obviously ..the most famous ones ..the 911 and the beetle (and my inline-four diesel Transporter )

What else? Play fair, no googling ...just from the top of your head

Victor_M

Did the original Fiat 500? My Mum had one donkeys years ago, I have very fond memories of it and vaguely remember being confused as to why every one else had a car with the engine in the front.

blackbox

Hillman Imp

blackbox

Fiat 500, 850 and 850 Coupe
Fiat 126

Murt10

Old Skoda. (Always breaking down)

chickenhawk

Would I be right in saying the Porsche 356?

blackbox

Skodas (pre-VW take-over)

edit- ah - beaten by Murt10

blackbox

Was there a Renault Alpine?

mthd

blackbox wrote: »

Was there a Renault Alpine?

Yep the renault a610

TomMc

That aircooled V8 in the Tatra 613.

mcwhirter

Mg metro 6r4

Standard Toaster

DeLorean DMC-12

Max_Damage

Skoda Estelle.

mcwhirter

Max_Damage wrote: »

Skoda Estelle.

They were the business:D

Robbo

mthd wrote: »

Yep the renault a610

And the A110.

E92

mcwhirter wrote: »

They were the business:D

Yes they were - it was hard to find anything worse than one of these, even back then:D! They were the business at being a complete and utter heap!

And then there was the Skoda Rapid:D!

The Ferrari F40, F50, 288 GTO and Renault Alpine 1600(was it even a Renault?)(from as recently as 1973 I think it was:)) are all rear engined cars.

Hagar

Max_Damage wrote: »

Skoda Estelle.

There was a Skoda Sports also, so light on steering that concrete blocks had to be carried in the front corners of the boot. :eek::D

RobAMerc

Going take a chance and not google this - but the NSU Prinz was rear engined as far as I know.

I could be wrong.

Anan1

Renault 8

Anan1

E92 wrote: »

The Ferrari F40, F50, 288 GTO and Renault Alpine 1600(was it even a Renault?)(from as recently as 1973 I think it was:)) are all rear engined cars.

I think the first three are mid-engined, the Alpine was rear-engined though.

galwaytt

Top this: 1899 Benz.

peasant

RobAMerc wrote: »

Going take a chance and not google this - but the NSU Prinz was rear engined as far as I know.

I could be wrong.

You aren't

Are car of similar shape and identical engine postion would have been the Simca 1100

E92

Anan1 wrote: »

I think the first three are mid-engined, the Alpine was rear-engined though.

I think you're right - I was thinking that the F40's engine was a bit too far forward to be rear engined:o!

RobAMerc

peasant wrote: »

You aren't

Are car of similar shape and identical engine postion would have been the Simca 1100

I am gonna chance the Hillman Imp too so - as far as I can remember there are about 20 variants of it.

VH

define rear-engined!

maidhc

MGF (maybe it is midmounted.. there is room for an umbrella behind it)

Renault Clio v6

Steve

Victor_M wrote: »

Did the original Fiat 500?

blackbox wrote: »

Hillman Imp

Jebus - I remember these. :eek:
My father had an imp, my aunt had a 500...happy days..:)

/on topic
MR2?

rebel.ranter

Trabant

VH

SteveC wrote: »

Jebus - I remember these. :eek:
My father had an imp, my aunt had a 500...happy days..:)

/on topic
MR2?

M = mid engined
R = rearwheel drive

or so the story goes

hence I asked - rear engined usually means on or behind the back axle

Max_Damage

rebel.ranter wrote: »

Trabant

Front engined actually.

Steve

I would have thought mid-engined / rear engined = put the pic-i-nic basket in the front and were the same thing?

peasant

The Puch Haflinger (with the engine from the Fiat 500)

peasant

SteveC wrote: »

I would have thought mid-engined / rear engined = put the pic-i-nic basket in the front and were the same thing?

noo..nooo ...

Mid engined = proper sports car

rear engined = usually cheap family car of some vintage

both of the above with the exception of Porsche 911, 912 or 356

Max_Damage

SteveC wrote: »

I would have thought mid-engined / rear engined = put the pic-i-nic basket in the front and were the same thing?

Steve

sorry....:o


/hides in the corner and sulks.

peasant

Max_Damage wrote: »

ringgg,dinggg,ding ding ...Trabant engine ...(no I'm not going to start a two sroke no googling thread now )

Anan1

VH wrote: »

define rear-engined!

Behind the rear wheels. (I know there'll be lots of borderline cases!)

VH

Anan1 wrote: »

Behind the rear wheels. (I know there'll be lots of borderline cases!)

in that case i don't know of any apart from the beetle and the mx5

ninty9er

Lambo Countach??

landydef

-karmann ghia-

Biro

Metro 6R4 was mid-engined, and no Ferrari was rear engined to my knowledge. Clio V6 also mid-engined. Very few rear engined cars mentioned in this thread.
Porsche 959, but some argue that's a 911 derivative.

blackbox

VH wrote: »

in that case i don't know of any apart from the beetle and the mx5

NOPE - Mazda MX5 definitely front engined.

:eek:

macplaxton

What are them Ruskie things that look like a NSU Prinz.....Zaphoret? or summat like it. I'll throw in the Renault 10 as well.

Do I get anything for a twin engined (one front/one rear) Mini Moke?

Hmm, it was more of a continental habit putting the engine at that end.

Hang on, having read Ralph Nader's book "Unsafe at any speed" some years back. What about the Chevvy Corvair?

Notch000

mcwhirter wrote: »

Mg metro 6r4

was this not a purpose built racer ? and N/A here or else include hundreds of other race cars

This was a rear engined road car
Lancia Stratos

Biro

Notch000 wrote: »

was this not a purpose built racer ? and N/A here or else include hundreds of other race cars

This was a rear engined road car
Lancia Stratos

Nope, the Stratos was mid-engined. So was the Metro.
People are lumping in the mid and rear engined cars together. There are feck all rear-engined. We should comprise the list in the OP's 1st thread to look. Nearly every other suggestion were mid. With one or two front engined!

itarumaa

I can think of,

Fiat 500,600,850,133 and 126,
Vw Transporter/caravelle
Skoda 110-130 sedan or coupe
Vw Beetle
Smart
Corvair
Porsche 911

TigerTim

Thought my MK1 MR2 was but I quess it is mid engined.

Had a Simca Rally 2 in the Eighties which had the engine sitting behind the gearbox.

T

S.I.R

hmmm tabolt sunbeam rally cars had the rear engine...

subarus very first car ( which name slips my tounge ) was r/e

mr2's, most of the 91x porshe range

vw vans...


the abarth 500 let alone 500's where rear

beetles ofcourse...

lancia had a delta, with a s/c and turbo that was mid rear



the ford rs200 had a rear engine also i believe... though i haven't seen one in years... literally.


all the lambo range as with Bugatti's, ferarris etc.

metro had a mid engine but i fear it isnt rear...


oh and a mate had a diahatsu charde with a celica engine in the booth but that doesn't count does it ?

Biro

I must be on everyone's ignore list or something, so maybe someone else will post this up!

MID-ENGINE does not equal REAR-ENGINE!
No Ferrari or Lambo were rear, Bugatti, Ford, Lancia - none were rear. Mid or front only. MR2 = Mid engined, Rear wheel drive 2 seater.