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
Lincoln-Zephyr V12 engine for 1942. Yet this V-12 never shed its reputation for service troubles, though the postwar versions were actually quite reliable. The V12 was eventually replaced by the InVincible 8, simply a version of the flathead V8 found on Ford's truck line. The Zephyr V12 was also used by Allard, Atalanta, and Brough Superior in England. Allard made three V12 cars, using the Ford V8 for all other cars at that time, Brough also made only one V12 as his others were Hudson 6 or 8 powered, and Jensen made one called the HL. The first Lincoln-Zephyr models of 1936 used