Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout followed by the first De Tomaso, the Vallelunga, which mated a tuned Ford Cortina 1500 Kent engine to a VW transaxle with Hewland gearsets. Introduced at Turin in 1963, 58 were built 1964-68. Finally, in 1966, the Lamborghini Miura was the first high performance mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive roadcar. The concept behind the Miura was that of putting on the road a grand tourer featuring state-of-the-art racing-car technology of the time; hence the Miura was powered by a V12 transversely mounted between the rear wheels, solidal to the gearbox and differential. This represented an extremely innovative sportscar at a time when all
2005 Australian Production Car Championship race results as follows: In addition, the fastest competitor in each Class in Qualifying was awarded 3 points towards both class and outright. Race 1 at each round had points awarded for class titles only and Races 2 and 3 at each round had points awarded for both class and outright titles. Competitors registered as “Trophy” competitors are not eligible to score points in the championship. 2005 Australian Production Car Championship The 2005 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title open to Group 3E Series Production Cars. It was organised by the Production Car Association