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Originally Posted by ZDan
nits to pick with that info:
The flat four is NOT particularly "set-back", but rather forward-mounted for an FR sports/sporty car.
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Nitpick on your nitpick - the engine is definitely not forward mounted (just pop the hood of any FWD car and you'll see the engine is well in front of the suspension towers - that's forward mounted). The debate about whether or not you can call the Twins front-mid depends on your point of view, but I doubt anyone called it forward mounted before. The engine is more or less inline with the wheels, and probably a few inches more to the back would have satisfied the front-mid purist. Then again, the "real" mid-engine purist will scoff even at that... (what with the driver being behind the engine and all. I wonder what they would say about the first gen Previa...).