RWD / Mid engine is the optimum, there is a reason most race cars are mid-engined including reduced aero drag - this was the reason that Cooper cars used this layout to beat Ferrari with smaller engines in F1.
That tapped Arthur Mallock managed to compete with (and often beat) mid engined cars with his own front engine / RWD racers.
The disadvantages of the mid-engined layout are poor luggage space, poor mechanical access and (sometimes - e.g. early Mk2 Toyota MR2s) tricky handling.
FWD packages all of the components in one place with reasonable access and it can be extremely aero - the aerocivic for example.
or the Metro based Dolphic electric car
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Originally Posted by War_Wagon
Fieros are good for kit cars as you can remove the body and the rest of the vehicle is basically self contained (the Ferrari used in the early seasons of Miami Vice was a Fiero kit car - it's a fact! lol)...
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The early one was a Daytona convertible replica / kit car based on a vette. The later series used a (real) Testarossa because they were into spending silly money. They also featured supercars from the 80s - Phil Collins did an episode and had a Lambo Jalpa I think.