Replacement transmission?

[Foleyverre@xxxx]

I am looking into buying a Delorean in pretty decent condition with one major 
glitch:

It is an early 1981 DMC-12 with a disassembled, non-working automatic
transmission. My plan is to replace the engine and transmission completely,
but first get the PVR-6 up to spec. I know this is a place where this topic
may have been "done to death", but I have hardly anywhere else to turn.
If there already is a log of this topic, or another resource that has covered 
this
I would appreciate the location!

My question: with a rear-mounted engine, what kind of tranny is it? 
transverse?
what "modern" car would use a rear mounted engine/tranny? porshe? Hybrid car
with style... A honda spoon engine with trans was available for less than 
$10k
not too long ago here.

Any help appreciated...
Brian Verre
vallejo_ap@xxxx