But, as a little sting in the tale, there is one unique aspect to the Rene Bonnet Djet - it was the world's first production car to get a mid-rear engine layout. And here's another curveball ...

Putting the horse before the cart infiltrated nearly every racing series on earth, and by 1962, Frenchman René Bonnet had followed suit with the first mid-engine road car, the Djet. The mid ...