Mid Engine — 3 museum-grade prints that set the mood. The Lotus Europa Type 46 debuted in 1966 with a mid-mounted Renault 16-derived engine and fibreglass body designed by Ron Hickman. It was Lotus's first mid-engine road car, built at Hethel, Norfolk. The Saleen S7 debuted in 2000 with a 7. 0-litre Ford-based V8 producing 550 hp in initial form, later rising substantially in twin-turbo variants. Rank 23 in Heritage Icons documents the Maserati Bora as a marque specimen — Unveiled in 1971, the Bora was Maserati's first mid-engine road car with a Giugiaro Italdesign body — 4. 7-litre quad-cam V8 amidships, roughly 310 PS, and a claimed 280 km/h top speed in factory literature.