A lot of people are wondering what the name ME Four-Twelve stands for. The name ME Four-Twelve stands for the placement of the engine, which is just behind the driver (Mid-Engine), and the size of the engine (Four turbochargers on a Twelve-cylinder engine). Most high performance cars like these are certainly the same in placement of the engines. Like most high-performance cars, the ME was built around the engine. It has a V-12, 6.0 liter aluminum power plant with four turbo chargers pumping 20 psi into the cylinders and its engine is mounted to a chrome-moly frame, it is a steel alloy made of chromium and molybdenum.

The ME Four-Twelve's engine has an impressive 850 hp @ 5,750 rpm and 850 lb-ft of torque @ 4,500 rpm. With a 9:1 compression ratio, the ME Four-Twelve operates properly on premium-unleaded gas. Higher compression rates, like the 12:1 compression ratio typical of race cars and other supercars,  generate more horsepower, but they require very high-octane racing fuel. To help keep the center of gravity low the ME Four-Twelve has a dry-sump lubricating system which most supercars and Formula 1 cars engines are actually made.

With this type of engine the Chrysler ME Four-Twelve can reach its maximum speed to around 248 mph and it has a very quick acceleration of 0-60 mph in just 2.9 seconds. Its 0-100 mph in 6.2 seconds, and along the quarter-mile drag strip counts in 10.6 seconds at 142 mph. That is actually a pretty amazing performance which qualifies the ME Four-Twelve into the supercar category.

ME Four-Twelve has a 7-speed electronic controlled transmission. In-car computers not only assist with shifting, but they actually predict which gear will be needed next. Just like the Formula 1 car it has an electronic thumb shifters mounted on the steering wheel that controls the double wet-clutch transmission, it is simply a clutch immersed in a lubricating fluid which keeps the clutch surfaces clean and reduces temperatures.