The engine of the sports car is front mounted, mid mounted, and rear mounted, what are the character

Now like the Audi R8 and Rambo, Ferrari and Bugatti are all mid-engined, and the mid-engine cars are better handled; The representative of the rear engine is the Porsche 911 series; Front-engines are more common.

The front engine is the first because the design is significantly less difficult than the rear and mid engines, and the cost is low, and some entry-level sports cars like the Hyundai Coolpad and Audi TT are used in this way; Those who have played with four-wheel drive should know that the front engine also has the advantage of being good for cornering and tail flicking. The front-engine is also usually paired with rear-wheel drive, as you can see**.

Personally, I think the best thing about the mid-mounted engine is conducive to the design of the body, which can get a better streamlined, which has long been the dazzling appearance of the Rambo, and the mid-mounted engine is also conducive to creating a perfect weight distribution of 50:50 for the whole car, which can have a better play on the limits of the body.

Let's talk about the rear, Porsche has always been a rear-mounted adherent, rear-mounted rear-wheel drive can make the power transmission have better grip on the rear wheels, and it is not easy to slip in straight-line acceleration; The disadvantage is that the rear of the car is too heavy, and the corners are not easy to control.

Four-wheel drive, take the Rambo Bat LP-670-4 and R8 for example. Generally speaking, four-wheel drive will give you a very good grip, so four-wheel drive is more stable when cornering, but if you want to drift and flick the tail, this LP670 of Lambo is obviously not good; The R8 is different, it can drift, because although the R8 is four-wheel drive, his front-wheel power distribution ratio is never more than 30 percent, which ensures the stable handling of the four-wheel drive while also ensuring the fun of the rear wheel. Check it out.

The above are some personal opinions, if there are mistakes, please point out, thank you

This question is actually relatively simple, and the answer can be obtained by careful analysis:

Front-engine: As the name suggests, the so-called front-engine, that is, the engine is placed on the front of the car (that is, in front of the front axle), but sports cars (especially supercars) rarely use this design, the more famous is the Nissan GTR. Think about what would be wrong with putting the engine in front?

Of course, the front of the car has become heavier. This will lead to excessive weight distribution of the vehicle, especially when cornering, loss of stability, easy oversteer, and easy loss of grip at the rear end.

Even if the sports car is front-mounted, it will choose to put the engine behind the front axle (such as the famous Benz SLS, Ferrari FF, which are all like this). So the front of their car will be longer). The Nissan GTR, on the other hand, has a transmission at the rear to balance the weight.

So the GTR is also very suitable as a drifting vehicle.

Mid-engine: The engine is placed in the middle of the vehicle, of course, which is the most conducive to ensuring that the weight of the vehicle is evenly distributed. Sports cars in this category are usually in pursuit of the 50:

50 front and rear mass distribution ratio, placing the engine behind the first row of seats (i.e. sacrificing the rear row). Coupled with the four-wheel drive system, their performance is very good. Famous ones are the Audi R8, the Ferrari 458, and almost all models of Lamborghini (and of course the Bugatti Veyon).

Rear-engined: When it comes to rear-mounted, everyone thinks of Porsche, because almost all Porsche are RR (rear-wheel drive), except for the four-door one. Porsche does this in large part because they are rear-wheel drive, and placing the weight in the back increases the grip of the rear wheels.

Of course, Porsche's transmission is placed in the front, so that the overall quality is not too backward.

As for the disadvantages of four-wheel drive, the first floor is well said that it will understeer, although stability is guaranteed. That's why Ferrari has always been in pursuit of rear-wheel drive, and according to them, to be safe at high speeds, is to put all the power on the rear wheels, and of course the help of the electronic system. Although the latest FF is four-wheel drive, it is actually more like rear-wheel drive (the so-called 4RM drive system, you can check it on the Internet yourself).

911 Carrera Rear Rear Wheel Drive 911 Turbo Rear 4WD 458 Mid Rear Rear Wheel Drive BMW M3 Front Rear Wheel Drive GTR Front 4WD R8 Mid 4WD.

The position of the engine is mainly considered by the weight ratio of the body, the perfect sports car should achieve a front and rear weight ratio of 1:1, such a handling is better, the advantage of four-wheel drive in sports cars is high stability, and the disadvantage is that it is easy to cause understeer.

1. The location is different.

Front-wheel drive refers to the way in which the engine is front-mounted at the front of the car and the front wheels drive the entire car.

The engine is arranged at the rear of the car, connected with the differential and manual transmission, the rear wheel is the driving wheel, and the engine is arranged behind the rear axle, which is the rear rear-wheel drive.

2. The advantages are different.

The biggest advantage of the front hair wisdom without motivation is to ensure the riding space in the car while grinding the blue judgment, in line with the aerodynamics of the vehicle driving, reduce wind resistance.

The advantage of rear-mounted rear-wheel drive is that the layout is compact, eliminating the need for a propeller shaft.

3. The characteristics are different.

The front of the engine: the front of the engine and other assemblies increases the load on the front axle, and improves the handling stability of the car at high speed and the directional stability when braking.

Rear of the engine: Since the engine, transmission and differential are integrated, the force transmission path is short.

Sports cars are generally rear-wheel drive, and the rear engine is so close to the rear axle that little transmission is allowed.

This will be very efficient and very stable.

There are many types of engine arrangement, as for the front, middle, or rear, it should mainly consider its mass, axle load, space utilization, type, use, performance and other aspects, which can be determined through a lot of calculations and verification.

The engine is front-mounted, this type is generally speaking, the axle load is well distributed, the control mechanism is simple, and most of the models are currently in application;

In the middle, the body load is evenly distributed, but the control mechanism is complex, not convenient for maintenance, etc., and the engine height is also strictly limited, so it is only used in very few models; Rear-mounted, can shorten the wheelbase, the interior of the compartment layout is convenient, can also save the transmission shaft, but its rear axle is often overloaded, there is a tendency to oversteer, the control mechanism is complex, not convenient for maintenance, etc., so only some models are applied.

The division of front, center, and rear is based on the position of the engine, the location of the drive shaft, and the position of the occupants. It is subdivided into: front, front, rear center (that is, the center that everyone thinks), and rear.

Front-engine representative models: all over the street. Front mid-mounted representative model:

Aston Martin DBS (personal preference). Mid-mounted representative models: a lot.

Rear representative model: Porsche 997GT2 (personal preference). Front-wheel drive originated in France and was a groundbreaking innovation at the time; Pros:

With a front-mounted transverse engine, it can effectively save space and reduce the cost of car manufacturing; Cons: The front end is too heavy, torque steering, understeer. Rear-wheel drive has as long a history as the history of automobiles; Pros:

The rational division of the driving wheel and the steering wheel improves the smoothness of the steering and thus improves the driving experience. Disadvantages: The lengthy drive shaft puts an extra burden on the transmission mechanism of the FR (front rear-wheel drive) model, and the oversteer characteristics bring greater safety hazards.

4WD vehicles first originated from military vehicles; Advantages: Torque is split between 4 wheels, so the efficiency and probability of getting grip are increased. Cons:

Heavy, complex. According to the engine layout and drive form, it is divided into FF (front-wheel drive), FR (front-wheel drive), MR (mid-rear-wheel-drive), RR (rear-wheel drive), and F, M, and R4WD. Cars have been developed for more than 200 years, and the questions you ask are too technical, so you still want to communicate with each other in places where you can't.

The general sedan all use the front engine layout, which can make the cab have more space, a very small number of supercars also use the front engine, such as Nissan's GT-R, most of the supercars generally use the mid-engine layout, such as Lamborghini, the balance of the mid-engine is better, but there are many shortcomings, such as too close to the cab, great noise and heat, etc., rear-engine cars are very rare, there is no sedan, in the supercar, Most of Porsche's 911 series is the only one in the world that adopts a rear-engine layout, which has the advantage of combining the first two, and the disadvantage is that the parking space will be heavy, prone to oversteer, and so on.