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unusual facts about front wheel drive



Hyundai Excel

The Hyundai Excel (Hangul:현대 엑셀), also known as the Hyundai Pony, Hyundai Presto and the Mitsubishi Precis, was the first front wheel drive car produced by Hyundai.

PSA PF3 platform

The PF3 Platform has been developed by engineers of the PSA Peugeot Citroën group for large and medium sized cars with front wheel drive and transverse engine.

Subaru 1000

The Subaru 1000 was the first front wheel drive Subaru produced by Fuji Heavy Industries that was in the Japanese government "compact car" classification starting in 1966.

Subframe

The revolutionary monocoque transverse engined front wheel drive 1959 Austin Mini, that set the template for modern front wheel drive cars, used front and rear subframes to provide accurate road wheel control while using a stiff lightweight body.

Tracfort

The project involved producing front wheel drive cars under the Tracfort name, foreshadowing Citroën's highly successful Traction avant model that appeared in 1934.


see also

A-body

GM A platform, a midsize platform that was first rear-wheel, then front-wheel drive

Acclaim

Triumph Acclaim, a front wheel drive medium-sized family car (1981–1984)

Cadillac High Technology engine

It was a 4100 cc V8, designed for rear-wheel-drive and longitudinal front-wheel-drive applications sharing the same transmission bellhousing pattern as Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac rear- and front-wheel drivetrains for 2.5 L 4-cylinder and 2.8, 3.1, and 3.3 L V6.

Constant-velocity joint

As front wheel drive systems became more popular, with cars such as the BMC Mini using compact transverse engine layouts, the shortcomings of universal joints in front axles became more and more apparent.

Cord Automobile

Front-wheel drive was introduced by Citroën in the Traction Avant in 1934, and Cord followed, becoming the first U.S. maker to adopt it.

Daimler Dingo

Alvis had been in partnership with Nicholas Straussler and provided armoured cars to the Royal Air Force, Morris had participated in trials and production of armoured cars, and BSA Cycles -whose parent Birmingham Small Arms (BSA) was involved in armaments - had a small front wheel drive vehicle in production.

Mitsubishi Attrage

The Mitsubishi Attrage, also known as the Mitsubishi Mirage G4, is a front-wheel drive subcompact car from Mitsubishi Motors.

Nissan Cherry

Originally, before combining with Nissan Motors, the Prince Motor Company plan of development was to mass-produce a front-engine front-wheel-drive car, but after the Prince and Nissan merger of 1966, the Cherry was released in 1970 as Nissan's first front-wheel-drive car.

Nissan Violet

This car shared a platform but remained a rear-wheel drive car with the new front wheel drive Nissan Cherry that was developed by Prince Motor Company before the Prince-Nissan merger in 1966.

Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant

The plant has the flexibility to build any of the company's front-engine/front-wheel-drive vehicles in A, B, or C-segments.