Abstract
The mid engine rear drive platform using to "MITSUBISHI i" development project was undertaken with the aim of achieving high targets which were not possible to achieve with conventional designs within the regulated subcompact automobile category-namely, highly-modern styling in tandem with interior comfort, light handling, a high level of riding comfort, and all direction collision safety. By relocating the power plant normally found under the front bonnet to the beneath the floor in the luggage compartment, it became possible to simultaneously achieve a one-motion silhouette profile, interior comfort, light handling, consistently high-quality driving comfort, a longer passenger compartment, safety under collision from all directions, long wheelbase, large wheels, small turning radius, and many other high-level elements that would traditional have had to be traded off against each other.
