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Originally Posted by Allch Chcar
What wut? $15k in conversion from yen is closer to $12.5k US Market.
Probably will stay Overseas.
And the 1.5liter is probably a transverse engine. They would need to convert it to longitude using a subframe with engine mounts to make it RWD. The only Transverse engines that power the rear wheels are AWD units.
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First, there was a second page to the article that says it is transverse, as well as being RWD, and possibly getting a solid axle. And a bunch of posts above yours were trying to puzzle that out.
Second, have you ever heard of the concept of transversely mounted mid-engine rear wheel drive layouts? I believe you criticized my reading comprehension in another thread. That is not the problem. It is your writing. I will give you the benefit of the doubt here and assume you meant there are no front mounted transverse engines that only power the rear wheels.
If the statement that you wrote is as you intended, ZOMG! Do I have a car for you! (Since you've probably never heard of it...) The Toyota MR-S!!! Has the power and weight that you are looking for, is RWD (with a transverse engine!), handles beautifully (I've heard, no personal experience), and probably decent economy, and cheap as they are only available used (but not that old).
You're welcome!