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Rear-engined cars: triumph, tragedy, and enduring automotive innovation.
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Behind the Rear Seat
Rear Engines, Packaging, Cooling and the Cars That Put the Powerplant Behind
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242 pages
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12 October 2026
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Summary
Why did generations of cars carry their engines behind the passengers, and why did most manufacturers eventually abandon the idea?
Behind the Rear Seat explores one of the most distinctive chapters in automotive engineering: the rise, development and changing fortunes of the rear-engined car.
From the Volkswagen Beetle and Renault 4CV to the Fiat 600, Chevrolet Corvair and Porsche 911, rear-mounted engines helped shape some of motoring’s most recognisable vehi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789918635559 |
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| ISBN-10: | 991863555X |
| Author: | Etienne Psaila |
| Publisher: | Publishdrive |
| Imprint: | Publishdrive |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 242 |
| Release Date: | 12 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 327g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 152mm x 229mm |
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
152 × 229 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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