Due before 2015, the V6-powered, midengine, all-wheel-drive hybrid supercar—which Iron Man Tony Stark will be driving in the coming movie "The Avengers"—is the first great news out of Honda's luxury division in a long time. ❋ Dan Neil (2012)
The plumbing consists of a midengine turbo-four and a carbon-composite passenger cell. ❋ Dan Neil (2011)
When I think exotic, I think Europe, because when I was growing up ultra-fast cars had midengine V12s and names that ended in vowels. ❋ Dan Neil (2011)
What was the company's first midengine V8 Berlinetta? ❋ Unknown (2011)
Oddly, no F1 owner ever tossed me the keys to one of these midengine, million-dollar miracles. ❋ Dan Neil (2011)
Dan Neil for The Wall Street Journal Priced at $300,000, the 458 Italia Spider, Ferrari's first midengine retractable-hardtop convertible, combines the brilliant operability of the Ferrari California's disappearing hardtop with the Tantric sports-car ecstasy of the 458 Italia. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The V6-powered, midengine, all-wheel-drive supercar is the first great news out of Honda's luxury division in a long time, he says. ❋ Unknown (2012)
This is Ferrari's first midengine retractable-hardtop convertible, combining the brilliant operability of the Ferrari California's disappearing hardtop with the Tantric sports-car ecstasy of the 458 Italia. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Audi The "R8" in the name denotes that it's one of Audi's lubricious midengine, two-seat supercars. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Now under Chinese ownership, the Shanghai Auto affiliate is engineering the future TF as a front-engine roadster, as the midengine layout of the current car can't be developed further. ❋ Unknown (2010)
LONDON — Engineers at MG Birmingham continue to work on an all-new replacement for the storied British marque's midengine TF roadster. ❋ Unknown (2010)
McLaren The MP4-12C The first car in production will be the McLaren MP4-12C, a two-seat midengine model, whose price will start at £125,000. ❋ Jonathan Buck (2010)
The first car in production will be the McLaren MP4-12C, a two-seat midengine model, whose price will start at £125,000. ❋ Unknown (2010)
So let's say you're as smitten as I am with the Audi R8, that midengine exotic that arrived from Germany last fall. ❋ Jeff Sabatini (2008)
Rather than squander the halo image of its supercar on a lineup consisting mostly of sedans -- hot as some Audi sedans may be -- the company decided to produce something to better monetize our fanboy-ism: a junior version, a subtly beautiful sports coupe with a back seat but sans midengine configuration and rakish aluminum body. ❋ Jeff Sabatini (2008)
Best of all, I felt absolute control over the car because of the Cayman S's tight chassis, balanced midengine placement, precise steering and big cross-drilled and vented disc brakes, which improve performance on damp roads. ❋ Unknown (2007)
