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Ford Once Built A Mid-Engined Mustang... But It Never Made The Streets

The Ford Mustang has remained a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive icon for decades. It’s a formula that works, but what if history had taken a different path? Chevrolet made a radical change with the ...
Carscoops

Toyota’s Mid-Engine Sports Car Just Hit A Serious Snag

At the 2025 Tokyo Auto Salon, Toyota Gazoo Racing pulled the wraps off the GR Yaris M concept. Despite looking like the regular model, the car featured a mid-mounted turbocharged 2.0-liter ...
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Toyota boss' mid-engine two-seater teased ahead of Tokyo Auto Salon

Toyota Gazoo Racing previews a mysterious mid-engine, two-door sports car that chairman Akio Toyoda bought and had modified ...
Autoblog

Toyota Just Built a Mid-Engine GR Yaris, and It Might Be Hinting at Something Bigger

The Toyota TGRR GR Yaris M Concept isn’t just a testbed for the company’s new turbocharged 2.0-liter engine, it might also be the basis for the reborn MR2. There are a bunch of questions that can be ...
gearpatrol

Did Toyota Just Kill All Hope for the Return of an Iconic Mid-Engine Car?

Ever since Toyota unveiled the FT-Se back in 2023, the rumor mill has been firing on all cylinders about how the concept would be reflected in the automaker’s upcoming sports cars. With its sleek ...
The Drive

Toyota’s New Mid-Engine Testbed Sidelined by Development ‘Difficulties’

Toyota’s not-so-secret mid-engine sports car program has hit a snag. The GR Yaris M Concept, which the company announced back in January, has still not made an appearance in Japan’s Super Taikyu ...
autoevolution

5 Fascinating Italian Mid-Engine Classics That Weren't Built by Ferrari or Lamborghini

When you think about a fascinating Italian mid-engine classic, you usually think about a Ferrari or a Lamborghini. However, in this article, we're going to rediscover five brilliant mid-engine ...
gearpatrol

Toyota’s Highly Anticipated MR2 Revival Could See Competition from a Very Unlikely Name

It seems like the affordable mid-engine sports car wars are heating up. Hyundai recently published a YouTube video on its channel, teasing a new prototype that’s sporting a new mid-placed internal ...
autoevolution

5 Road-Legal Sports Cars That Used Mid-Mounted Engines Before It Was Cool

Long before the mid-engine layout became the standard for exotic high-performance rides, these road-legal sports cars went all in on placing the motor behind the driver, making history in the process.
Motor Trend

Look Out Ferrari! Genesis Is Building a V-8 Powered, Mid-Engine Supercar

Low-slung, curvaceous, and mid-engined, the Genesis Magma GT Concept looks like a typical auto show dream machine, a clickbait car that combines aspiration and wishful thinking—the sort of car ...
Autoblog

Hyundai Confirms High-Performance Mid-Mounted Engine That Could Power a Genesis Supercar

This could be the coolest thing Hyundai has done yet. Hyundai is developing a high-efficiency, high-performance mid-engine sports car engine. An engineer mentioned a new Genesis engine focused on ...