This is a terrible idea. The powertrain might be ok, but the chassis kinematics and suspension would need some serious adaptation for each config.

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But by God, it's a 500-horsepower station wagon with rear-facing seats. Isn't that just amazingly cool? Wildly exciting? Stunningly awesome? You'd show up to soccer practice in this thing and your kids would be the talk of the team, largely because they would get out of the car and immediately vomit everywhere.

2. 2012 E63 AMG wagon, 24k, 1 of 1 in Matte White, owned by a pal. Very powerful, still somehow reminded me of an E60 M5 that I sold, you don't feel how powerful it is and then you notice how fast you're going. Extended warranty would be 5-6k to 100k. Might be a POS in 5 years. Wife suspiciously approves. Boys into it.

The link between the knuckle and the coilover damper rocker arm is in tension = pull-rod.

That's exactly what I'm talking about... 'Hydraulic' swaybar versus a 'traditional' swaybar.

[Borat voice]

Actually, you are quite right. The suspension kinematics are critical to vehicle dynamics, so they are labored over extensively in modeling simulation and analysis which is then Verified and Validated (V&V'd) with track testing (hence all of the instrumentation on the suspension).

I tagged just about everything in that photo, but now I realize that the focal point of the tags isn't exactly centered on all of the objects...

between the coilover damper and pull-rod in the photo, we can see what is likely the compact wheel motor.

Carbon brake rotor. Caliper is onthe far side of the stub axle/hub.

"Typical" prototype or F1 style hub and stub axle unit and wheel nut.

An Accelerometer (more instrumentation) for the enginerds to characterize wheel motion and forces.

Coilover damper (obviously)

Carbon-Fiber tub.

(behind the coilover damper) lower A-arm

Upper A-arm

Coilover pullrod.

'Hydraulic swaybar plumbing

'Hydraulic' swaybar valving