A few years go my car nut colleagues were really excited when I told them I had just bought a car that was mid-engined, all-wheel drive and supercharged. Then they saw that it was a Previa. :-)

@BIGBLOCK5022006

6 жыл бұрын

Laura Halliday I would've shook your hand and tell you the Previa is a nice choice.

@ddt0889

6 жыл бұрын

Previas are great vans.

@2JZLS

6 жыл бұрын

and it had those rear seats that could turn around, so cool.

@GIGABACHI

6 жыл бұрын

Well played.

@rickkove1841

6 жыл бұрын

Except for when you crash, they are extremely unsafe

Turning that V12 sideways in the Lamborghini just made perfect sense. The car was wide enough anyway, so why not a shorter wheelbase to increase body stiffness?

Okay all of these seems pretty usual in fact. Let's talk about some serious engineering madness : Cizeta V16T. Transversely rear-mid mounted V16 engine, with output shaft located in the middle of the engine, crankshaft having a forged angle gear between what looks like 2 V8. Gearbox is at the rear of the assembly BUT the output shafts to the wheels are also located in the *middle* of the gearbox, the differential being included inside the whole drivetrain.

@aussiebloke609

6 жыл бұрын

Putting the output in the middle of the crank was a stroke of genius. With a crankshaft that long, it would be prone to flex at high rpm if they tried to take the power off the end. A seriously sweet car, and (IMHO) a very nice design. Unlike the Diablo, which appears to have the rounder V16T front end grafted onto an angular Countach rear. (I blame Chrysler for that - apparently, the V16T is actually Gandini's original design for the Diablo before Chrysler came in and changed things, pissing off Gandini in the process.) :-) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cizeta-Moroder_V16T

@JasonWW2000

6 жыл бұрын

Branon Fontaine - You no like the Cizeta? Sounds beautiful with V16! Lol

Another Examples: Nissan GT-R - Front Engine, Transaxle Gearbox which means one Shaft goes from engine to gearbox and from the gearbox another shaft back to the front to Power the Front wheels, it s a bit like 180 degrees switched layout from the ford RS200 Ferrari FF V12 / GT4 Lusso V12: it has an All Wheel Drive System but with unique system: Rear Wheels are driven by the 7 Speed Gearbox transaxle - The Front Wheels are attached to another 2 Speed Gearbox mounted in front of the engine. the AWD works up to 250kmh, above the car is pure RWD.

We had a Previa back over a decade ago and it was easily the best van I've ever seen. It was a 5 speed, AWD, SUPERCHARGED inline 4 with those incredible captain seats, dual moonroofs, a mini fridge and the most room of any minivan on the market today. The build quality and design was ahead of its time, it truly was the greatest van ever built.

I'm still waiting for the absolute madman, who is willing to make a car with a rear engine-fwd layout

@isakjohansson7134

6 жыл бұрын

Zoltán Erdődi Forklifts

@OnlyNotes

6 жыл бұрын

Probably no-one. Getting traction would be hard since there's not much weight over the front wheels, especially under acceleration. It would be interesting to see how a RF layout would handle on a track. Oversteer, understeer, combination of both?

@unsaidatom2310

6 жыл бұрын

Unbeatable for reverse traffic light drags

@aintaintaword666

6 жыл бұрын

lanemotormuseum.org/collection/cars/item/gregory-sedan-1947

@Andrew-on5do

6 жыл бұрын

Hahah understeer city

The ford rs200 powertrain layout reminds me of a center differential in a 1/8 rc monster truck.

Jokes on your Supras and whatnot, my grandad used to drive a £200,000 RWD import with nearly 400hp under the bonnet and enough torque to pull a tree, I even got to ride in the passenger seat once My grandad was a bus driver by the way

@ChoboUnjeon

6 жыл бұрын

My grandpa drives a sedan with a Mitsubishi V6! (2.5l 6G73) It is a '95 Hyundai Grandeur!

@ChoboUnjeon

6 жыл бұрын

Rick Delair By "Eclipse V6", I meant it was the same family of engines(6G7 series). Also, it was manufactured by Hyundai. His car still doesn't have major problems though. Super reliable car.

@wharris302

4 жыл бұрын

@Rick Delair detroit engines make no power, it was probably a Mercedes or cummins powered bus lol

A friend of mine owns a Toyota Previa. I love his car, it's like a moving living room!

3:53 oh my god that sounds incredible

Good to see you back! I didn’t know that about the RS200, that’s was already a crazy machine, I guess it was done for weight distribution.

The transversly mounted I6 imresses me the most because they kept the transmition to the side of the engine unlike what lamborghini did to easly safe space. The Daewoo magnum also had a inline 6, transversly mounted but it had very small bore of the cylinders to make it short.

@patrickmkiv

6 жыл бұрын

lego technic The Austin Princess 2200 and earlier BMC Landcrabs also has this layout. Not sure if the gearboxes were to the side or underneath though.

@HomebrewSubaru

6 жыл бұрын

That Daewoo I6 made its way into the Suzuki Verona and Chevrolet Epica. Terrible cars.

@user-vs7sb9wg2r

6 жыл бұрын

Homebrew Subaru You forgot to mention that they are basicly the exact same thing.

@HomebrewSubaru

6 жыл бұрын

True. This is how GM took out the Suzuki North American market. Rebadged GM junk. Aveo turned into a Swift. Equinox turned into an XL-7. Suzuki builds a great product, it's too bad they will never return.

@Banom7a

6 жыл бұрын

BMC Landcrabs has in sump transmission

That Citroen is beautiful :D

My Father had a Red Sienna when i was a child; I brought it to my friends and we put wilwood 4 pots on it with 405mm 2-piece drilled disc rotors. When we got pulled over, the first thing to cop said was: "those are some good brakes" My dad sternly said: "Toyota, it is the best." hahaha

Ok, this video just landed me a newfound love, the Toyota Previa S/C. I always thought the van was goofy looking but now I see it would be pretty damn practical and a bit of a conversation piece.

The Volvo V70 and XC70 also have the same 3.2 litre I6 engine option either as NA or as a T6 turbo (which is 3.0 litre). It has a lot of torque and cruises at around 1800-2000 rpm at 130 km/h in 6th gear ;)

Lovely outro man and amazing video i loved the fact that the skoda had tge fix and go abilitie that you could reach the engine from the inside

Don't you just love those American work vans with the engine pretty much under the dashboard? Sounds like fun to work on. My dad drove them at work and they either had V8 or V10 engines. The V10 ones has way less legroom lol.

Your videos are addictive to watch. Very well done

So happy to see a Citroën Traction. Got one. love it. thanks for this vid :)

you forgot a pretty weird one... 96-99 ford Taurus SHO had a 3.4L v8 that was worked over by Yamaha and powered the front wheels and mounted transversely. great video by the way

ROTFL - You left out the best one! Lamborghini Countach, 1974 ~ about 1990. Mid rear V12, about 5 ~ 6 litres (depending on year, it grew.) Engine longitudinally mounted, quite conventional, but Boss Lamborghini wanted the gearbox in the normal place, right under his elbow, so the gear-stick really was a gear-stick, not a dummy connected to linkages or cables. Ferrari dealt with this by grafting on a metal gate, which gave the illusion of precision, so the gear-change felt like the bolt of an expensive rifle. Lamborghini didn't do that, he put the gearbox where God & Henri Ford put it, under the gear-knob. So the clutch was in front of the engine, and then the gearbox, but the input and output of the gearbox were both at the back, and then the prop-shaft went back through the sump of the engine, with seals on both ends, and then into a differential behind the engine. Suffice to say this is not a simple or completely logical arrangement, but the Boss demanded it, because nothing else FELT right.

The 1960s-era Ford Falcon Econoline and Dodge (USA) / Fargo (Canada) A100 vans also featured mid-mounted engines between and behind the driver and passenger, while the Chevrolet Corvair Greenbrier had a rear mounted air cooled flat six similar to the VW Transporter. Neat stuff!

Another winner, Mr. Visio :-) My favourite oddball layout is the Cooper Twini - a Mini (proper, not BMW!) fitted with an additional engine and transmission in the rear. Four-wheel drive with no interconnection between front and rear - and two manual gearboxes shifted by one gear lever. A great power-to-weight ratio for the time. One of them nearly killed John Cooper when a rear radius rod let go at speed under test, but a very cool beast and well worth a look. Keep smiling, friend!

How is your health bro . Be safe 282 k people care about you.

@kamy3300

6 жыл бұрын

289K now !!!

@ProLudicrous

6 жыл бұрын

He should make videos explainig why they failed or were succesful and why they were discontinued in future models

@axel3895

6 жыл бұрын

flukemaster brake 290k

@zebracherub

6 жыл бұрын

What happened to his health?

@damilolaakanni

4 жыл бұрын

@@ProLudicrous good idea.

That Citroen Traction Avant is in a class by itself in every way. It looks much taller than it really is when compared to other cars. The look reminds me of a Cord L-29.

I've been waiting for one of these videos to feature the Previa. My fav mini van!

Wow!!; Getting closer to 1M subs. Congrats & thanks for your great vids!!🤗

What about the 1961-63 Pontiac Tempest, with its front engine/rear transmission? Or the Cord autos (L-29 & 812) that were earlier than the Citroen with the FWD transmission in front?

The mid engine minivans impressed me the most. Minivans are meant to be comfortable, so putting the engine near the passengers is risky, as any vibrations will be more noticeable (which could cause issues with comfort, especially if the engine is not very smooth running.)

@atsuda8541

6 жыл бұрын

Also the transversely mounted v12 was pretty interesting too because nobody expects performance cars to have transverse engines

@roycesmart8019

6 жыл бұрын

axcentrik. Mini vans are supposed to be practical chuck 10 plus people in and off you go

@user-vs7sb9wg2r

6 жыл бұрын

axcentrik. That's why the previa has a V6 (most likely with counter shafts).

@nissand21boy

6 жыл бұрын

they are pretty good, do get alittle bit of vibration, it was the 90s, but we had a nissan largo, and handle brilliant , very well balanced , just engine maintenance was abit of a pain at times,

@consolehacker54

6 жыл бұрын

The vibration in a mid engine van might be annoying, but older large vans and campers are probably an actual safety hazard lol. Very often a carbureted big block in a thin "doghouse" right between the front seats

The Toyota Previa - What a car

the KTM at the back was impressive

@GIGABACHI

6 жыл бұрын

I came looking for this comment. LOL.

Hey Visio!! Always love your videos buddy!

nice video, exploded my mind with this rare layouts, greetings from Venezuela

Life is indeed a dream, Please keep up these videos, they are excellent, I'd heard about most of these before, But the RS200 having effectively 2 driveshafts. Definitely glad i found your channel.

Congrats on 300k!

that Citroen is a real beauty

The Miura was a genuine work of art... It had the technical refinement that Ferraris of that time could only dream about.

I love your videos and I always forget to comment. But you have great length and videos for each topic and video

@VisioRacer

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

They are umique and sounds perfect.

The soundtrack on that old 900... That is one of the best sounding 4-cylinder engines ever.

@conradblackii

6 жыл бұрын

And the engine / trans set-up all based on Triumph 1.3L FWD.

DAMN YOU VOLVO for throwing the towel on the Turbo I-5 & I-6. The sound and performance will be missed. Suzuki had an I-6 transversely mounted too on the USDM in a 4dr sedan like the VOLVO S60 and S80. That SAAB sounded awesome. The Previa was too early to be truly appreciated. I pity the fool that has to do exhaust gaskets OR ANYTHING on the front bank of cylinders of the Miura. KTM SuperDuke @4:56

Nice way to jump on the van from Gingium! Cool car though

The Honda Acty van had a mid engine twin cylinder mounted in front of a de Dion axle, the motor was based directly on a goldwing flat four motorcycles right hand cylinder bank, or visa versa.

The miura sounds like heaven to me

UAZ-452 Engine inside cabin so no need for heater.

I once bought a 1987 SAAB 900 turbo for $400 bucks and my friend and I decided to try a drive it as hard as we could until it broke so we capped off the waste gate and straight pipped it. It was probably pushing 15 lbs of boost and sounded better than any 4 cylinder engine I've ever heard, similar to a well tuned diesel truck. Just *burble burble burble* then turbo whine.

I has a toyota previa, its awesome and really reliable 6 years with a faulty bearing

0:57 "Like a wine, you see? Daaamn"

Glad to see your vids up again, Hope your feeling okay!!

Oh, and there's two other places you'll find a transverse inline-6 - both of them motorcycles. The Benelli Sei (initially 750cc in 1974, later 900cc in 1979) and the even more ludicrous Honda CBX of 1978, both featured transverse inline 6 engines, which made for some, shall we say, *interesting* dynamics when coupled to 1970s era motorcycle suspension. :)

You're right about Volvo cramming giant engines into tiny engine bays. They maneged to fit a V8 with a 6-speed auto transversally into the XC90

Visio, thank you for showing a Michigan vehicle when you shown that Citroen.

That saab sounds terrific

Front-midship with rear wheel drive is common with short nosed vans or pickups, here we still got Suzuki Carry and Mitsubishi L300 utilizing that layout.

I think the acura vigor should of made the list. Great video.

@ 3:55 That turbo sounds remind me sooo much about the Ford Cosworth from "The getaway in Stockholm 2 ".

3:53 sounds perfectly awesome.

Intrestign, the driving in the Saab hapend near were i live, i would have never thaught that our little German Town would come up to the big KZreadrs!!!

My dad has a stock van with it's engine behind the front wheels (Mid-engine) and it's RWD, in a STOCK VAN! It's also too underrated.

hey buddy your doing a great job on your videos keep up the good work !!! p.s. comming up on 3k very soon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The first time I saw the transverse 12 mid-engine under glass in the Lambo Miura, with those 12 Weber velocity stacks at a car show in the 1960s, I have yet to see one I have liked better. I have a transverse, mid-engine V8 in my car now, now quite as sexy, but I still like that layout.

I had one of those mid engined people carrier's, no garage would change the timing belts on it!

Perfectly timed with Gingium lol

@boudewijnb

6 жыл бұрын

Uriah Siner exactly what thought

@delta3703

6 жыл бұрын

i was like. wow that is pure coinsidence hahah

@SamFBM

6 жыл бұрын

yep lol

@feiks420

6 жыл бұрын

Uriah Siner yea lol

@smoketires4381

6 жыл бұрын

Uriah Siner what a coincidence.

The previa also had two drive shafts going to the front, one for the super charger, alt, aircon compressor and one for the front diff for the Alltrack 4x4.

I still love the RS200 such a nice car

Renault 5 had the gearbox in front of the engine for FWD. And the Countach had the gearbox in front of the mid mounted engine with a shaft going back through the sump to a rear differential. It was this arrangement that allowed the easy conversion to 4 wheel drive on later Lambos. Austin/Morris pioneered the placing of the gearbox in the sump, under the engine. There was a prototype Mini with a front transverse engine driving the rear wheels. It was the Fiat 128 that pioneered the modern FWD layout buy transversely mounting an engine off to the side with gearbox on the end, that was viewed as weird when it came out. Although W O Bentley had thought of this much earlier using the Cotal electrically selected gearbox.

Great video bud

Yuor videos are dope!!!👍😵

I had a 2007 Land Rover 2 i6 HSE with a 3.2L straight 6 petrol engine mounted transversely with 4WD. It was a Volvo designed engine though but as both were owned by Ford at the time it went in

For me the old Citroen at the end. It's a stunning car.

If you enter the realm of ww2 tanks, many of them, like the M4 Sherman or Pz VI Tiger, had the engines mounted in the rear while the drive sprocket were in the front. Tracks are not the same of course. These are the closest examples we have to Rear engine - front wheel drive vehicles.

Love the Toyota egg van. See lots of them in the states for sale with 400k to 500k and still running great. They will kill you in a crash though.

Mid-engine MPV are still common in Southeast and East Asia. The transverse I6 and V12 are most interested unique layout for me.

The Austin Kimberly from the Australian arm of BMC had a East/West 2.2ltr inline 6 driving the front wheels as well back in 1970

suzuki avp, daihatsu grandmax & luxio, suzuki carry 1.0 1.3 & 1.5 van with mid engine in indonesian market 😂

@rizkierizaandriaputra5963

6 жыл бұрын

Willdan Agus don't forget the gen 2 of delica that called L300 still in production until today lol

@rizkierizaandriaputra5963

6 жыл бұрын

maybe in other country it's rare layout

Ah the Previa, first time I saw one was in an old Japanese street drifting video, then I fell up on the tofu drift van.

Old Mercedes Benz vans are also having the engine between the front seats such as the MB100D and TN or even some Mazda ones came standard with the same layout such as the E2200

all" are very impressive

Higgest HP N/A diesel engines, Please

@rdallas81

6 жыл бұрын

É Nóis Que Voa Pistão Agreed!

More pictures of the engines or any of a couple would be nice.

3:53 Jesus man, I want this car!

Volvo 300 series. Was a design inherited from DAF. It had a Renault In line 1400cc up front, mated to a rear transaxle.

The first one is basically buses and vans :)

Intro = Flashbacks aka the good old days

iirc the Previa was also built on the Celica GT-Four's drivetrain too. I remember a lot of people taing those previas offroad because unlike a normal minivan/MPV they could actually handle it thanks to the clica's drivetrain.

I miss Tatra 613 on the list - V8 emgine mounted above the rear axle, with differential output running under the center bearing. Had they made a V6 version, it'd be mid engine - something unique for a 4-door sedan.

Yes saab

Wow

I like your topics and thoroughness, I just wish you had the support or money to make fancier videos.

Actually, a mid mounted engine connected to a front gearbox, with a shaft then passing back to the rear wheels, was a standard layout for top end Lamborghinis from the Countach onwards. Countach, Diablo, Murcielago & Aventador all feature this layout. I suspect it's also present in the Gallardo and Huracan.

The Chevrolet/Daewoo/Holden Epica had a transverse in line 6 too.

The mid engines layouts are available at japanese full size vans such as Hiace and Nissan Urvan

The Bucciali TAV 8-32 was a car in the 1930's with a reverse longitudinal V12 Voisin engine, with a front transaxle. it was also called the TAV 12 (since the design had been changed from a Bucciali V16 to a Continental straight-8 to a Voisin V12 during the development period of the single car that would ever be produced.) it was a shame that Bucciali didn't receive the orders they had worked very hard for. just goes to show you that no matter how great your car is, you can't make an expensive car during a depression.

The Renault 16 - longitudinally-mounted front-mid-engine with the gearbox ahead of the engine.

@Tom-Lahaye

6 жыл бұрын

This layout was used in more Renault models, the Renault 4 is another example.

Hey Visio, you should check out the Renault 4 engine, one of the most simple engines ever and the gear lever is a really rare thing!

That Volvo inline 6 sound is better than BMW without that fart sound

Škoda!!!!

Austin made a transverse straight 6 in 1972 The Austin 2200 ... Lots a vans have had this engine behind the front wheels layout it's was very common

@paulanderson79

6 жыл бұрын

Top models Leyland Austin Princess used the same 2.2 litre straight six in a transverse mounted FWD arrangement. The engine was a match for a modern BMW inline six in terms of smoothness. Can't say the same in terms of power and economy. But for its era it was impressive. Far nicer than Ford's raucous 2.3 litre V6 that powered high spec Cortinas in the 1970s.

@p24hrsmith

6 жыл бұрын

paulanderson79 many moons ago I had a 2200 at 19 it was a fantastic car very comfortable, quick and handled really well. Was always car of choice for friday nights out as whole gang could pile in it but then some arse crashed a stolen car into it while parked

@smurftums

5 жыл бұрын

Leyland Australia beat the British in 1970 with their Austin 1800 based Kimberly. It featured a 2250cc E series OHC inline 6 engine.

The sound of that Lamborghini V12.....