The body of the car is what appearance of the car and the first impression can be left and right , besides it is important to be greatly influenced performance .
You can know how important shape is if you read the article of downforce.
Body is thought about the lightness and safety , aerodynamics and mainly .
Aerodynamic , please refer to the DRS and downforce .
It is like an a little trivia, however it's about safety .
I'd like to change talking about little, the weight distribution is very important ar .
And I'd like them to put in the center of the car if possible heavy engine .
Load applied to the rear tire and the front tire will be almost uniformly that way .
It is said midship layout , this is the shape that is common in sports car .
The reason that it might isn't adopted in the general car is that you can not put a lot of people and luggage , in addition, because it becomes difficult enhance the safety .
We cannot finish saying that there is no accident in car.
There are often fall accident or crash.
There is a engine in frount of almost cars.
So when we crash, the engine can be shocked softens you.
There is no engine in front of car if you direct midship layout,
we needs to be more durable, it cost us expensive.
So midship layout seems not to be easily adopted in the general car.
For lightness, please read the technology of commercial vehicles.
It is written about the carbon fiber that is used to super car and racing car.