A Mustang with a rear transaxle would be ...

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Just. So. Awesome.

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[jasonstang]

Might help the weight distribution.
Trunk space might suffer a bit.

 

[nastang87xx]

I would have to agree but it just got turned into a 2 seater. To be fair, that's not the Mustang formula and it's an everyman's car. Wouldn't fly with the product portfolio nor most buyers. Remember, we as enthusiasts are NOT most buyers as much as we want to think that.

 

[ElAviator72]

I've owned a car with a rear transaxle (a FWD transaxle relocated, along with the engine, to rear) ;). The car featured more weight in the rear than the front. It was an '88 Fiero...and thanks to the Lotus-tuned suspension (in the '88 only), it was a really fun car to drive. Just don't get the rear-end loose: with more weight in the back than the front, it would swap ends on you just like a Porsche 911 :doh:

 

[RocketGuy3]

It might help even out the car's weight distribution, but I'm not sure it would be much of an improvement for the car's polar moment of inertia.

 

[GTP]

I would have to agree but it just got turned into a 2 seater. To be fair, that's not the Mustang formula and it's an everyman's car. Wouldn't fly with the product portfolio nor most buyers. Remember, we as enthusiasts are NOT most buyers as much as we want to think that.

Yeah, that would be a deal-breaker. Still, a transaxle is smaller than a regular transmission, so maybe it would be possible.

It might help even out the car's weight distribution, but I'm not sure it would be much of an improvement for the car's polar moment of inertia.

I bet it would shift from 53/47 to 47/53.
And the polar moment would still be okay, because the weight is still in front of the rear axle. Weight behind the axle can lead to snap oversteer.

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