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The Stuttgart-based sports car company has been unpuzzling the 911 idea for decades, and just when you think the rear-engine sport coupe can't get any better, it does.
2012 Porsche 911 S: Another Best 911 Ever Dan Neil 2011
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Briggs & Stratton is recalling 500 rear-engine riding mowers sold by Sears under the Crafstman brand after a report that a bolt shot out from a poorly fastened side-discharge chute and broke a window.
Aw chute! Craftsman riding mower recalled by Briggs & Stratton 2010
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Obviously, patently, this car isn't remotely like a Type 1 People's Car, the air-cooled, rear-engine road implement that conquered the world and sold more than 21 million copies.
The Beetle Mans Up Dan Neil 2011
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Porsche has spent decades perfecting the 911's rear-engine design, turning a handling vice into race-winning virtue.
The Porsche 911's Last Hurrah...For Now Dan Neil 2011
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The author notes that this might seem today like a head-slapping miscalculation, but with the war still fresh in American minds, promoting a rear-engine, tin roller skate with a goose-stepping name like Volkswagen was a logical pass.
What a Long Strange Trip Patrick Cooke 2012
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Volkswagen AG Obviously, patently, this car isn't remotely like a Type 1 People's Car, the air-cooled, rear-engine road implement that conquered the world and sold more than 21 million copies.
The Beetle Mans Up 2011
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GM doesn't have a rear-engine platform—and even Porsche abandoned air-cooling years ago—but the neo-Corvair would make a perfect EV.
Classic Rewind: 3 Cars Ripe for Neo-Retro Stardom Dan Neil 2011
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The 911, introduced in 1963, followed the 356's rear-engine template.
The Porsche 911's Last Hurrah...For Now Dan Neil 2011
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Walmart has Black & Decker lawn and yard equipment on sale, including some of our recommended cordless electric lawn mowers and the Weed Eater One compact rear-engine riding mower.
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The rear-engine compact lawn tractor is making a comeback, with the 26-inch-wide Weed Easter One 960220009, $700, is worth a look if your lawn measures under an acre (we also tested the Ariens AMP 916002 and Craftsman 28034 in this category).
Mowers and lawn tractors: Electric models show steady improvement 2010
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