Car manufacturers have traditionally favored mid-engine or rear-engine layouts when designing performance vehicles. The logic is that such engine positioning helps the car with weight distribution, balance and overall handling. With a front-engined layout, however, the weight is typically oriented towards the front, making handling a tricky affair. That has not stopped some carmakers from bucking the trend and placing engines up front in their vehicles. It seems to work out okay, especially as far as the top-end speed is concerned. Here, we feature some of the fastest front-engined cars out there today. Understandably, most of them are traditional supercars, but there are a couple of surprise additions as well.
The stage is now set for an all-new, all-electric F-Type supercar. In the meantime, though, the current internal combustion model still offers plenty to be excited about. The R coupe occupies the pinnacle of the F-type model tree. Consequently, it gets the most potent powertrain available; a sonorous supercharged V8 that churns out 575 hp and 516 lb-ft of torque.
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