When you get the urge, y:ou can go topless. - veeDUB

For years people have enjoyed our mid-engine racing
Porsches. But not everybody could afford one.
So three years ago we introduced our first midengine
car for the street. The Porsche 914.
It's a 2-seater sports car. But different from most
other sports cars in that its engine is mounted in front of
the rear axle, almost exactly in the middle of the car.
Now if you're a little puzzled as to why we put it
there, it's because in all our years of racing we learned
a few things.
We learned that a mid-engine car has a lower center
o£ gravity and better balance, front and rear. So it's
extremely stable and holds the road better.
We learned that a mid-engine car corners superbly.
Because its weight is distributed more evenly.
We learned that a mid-engine car decelerates more
evenly (something that's just as important in racing as
acceleration), because the wheels carry a more equal load
and the brakes perform more smoothly.
On lop of all that, the 914 has a lightweight, aircooled
engine. So it can't boil over or freeze up. And an