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Originally Posted by DGthe3
That is correct for a mid engined car. However, for a front engine car, having weight out past the rear axle counteracts the weight up front, resulting in a more balanced car (yet increases its polar moment). But that is a discussion for another time
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Technically, if the engine is behind the front axles it can be considered mid-engined
more rear overhang will help the weight distribution in the front engined models even out the front/back balance, but moving the engine behind the front axle line does pretty much the same thing by moving the engine towards the center of gravity of the car. But I think we're pretty much arguing the same thing.
sen10l: If I had to guess (and I'm only guessing here based on what i've seen) there is room to reduce the overhangs without effecting too much in the car space wise. I'm picturing the panels built to "hug" closer to the engine itself and it being a very tight fit. You'd be surprised how much they can change without you really noticing it. They could move the firewall back 2"in the tranny tunnel area and leave the same footwell space and you'd never really notice. Same with the grill/rad support area. they can tighten the gap between the front of the engine and the rad fan etc etc. ever looked under the hood of a subaru? YIKES tight spaces (among many others, sub's just came to mind)
I think the gen 6 will be a bitch to work on, because of that stuff. A foot shorter seems pretty drastic to me. mabye that's what the concept looks like right now, I doubt it'll be THAT much of a difference.