I've long thought the same thing. In the automotive world, there are not many rear-drive configurations to choose from without making your own transaxle, something that DMC was not big enough to do. Porsche would have been hideously expensive, VW was not heavy-enough duty, and the GM (Corvair) was long out of production at that point in time. That's about all the mass-production rear drives to choose from. In contrast, Fiero is technically mid-engine (used a front-drive setup just moved to the back, not turned around) as are the Toyota and Honda mid-engine cars, as is the ZF trans used in the Pantera. I believe DMC engineers picked the transaxle first and then went for the only V6 engine that fit it. Dave S --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <martin@...> wrote: > >----> > The DeLorean was heavily based on the Alpine A310 - only 3 cars carried > the 5 speed 369 transmission - and the other was the Renault 30, a > front-engined executive barge. All had PRVs. So although the engine > probably had more to do with being able to source a transaxle suitable > for rear mounting *without* going to Porsche, ... To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/