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2. Transverse engine - Wikipedia

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   Transversely mounted engine in Mini Cooper. The Critchley light car, made by the Daimler Motor Company in 1899, had a transverse engine with belt drive to the rear axle. [1] [2] The first successful transverse-engine cars were the two-cylinder DKW F1 series of cars, which first appeared in 1931.

3. Bushing (isolator) - Wikipedia

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   Today rubber mounts are used on all cars. They are also found on electric-motor mounts, in refrigerators, radios, television sets—wherever mechanical noises are apparent, rubber is used to eliminate them. We can thank Walter Chrysler for a quieter way of life. Mr. Ford could have installed this new mount at once in the V-8, but he missed the ...

4. Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout - Wikipedia

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   The radical 1930s Tatra format (air-cooled, rear engine and streamlined, teardrop design) was an influence on Ferdinand Porsche's 'People's Car' for Adolf Hitler. As well as being the most produced car ever, it set a trend for RR small cars that lasted well into the 1960s.

5. Mid-engine design - Wikipedia

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   The Lotus Europa S1 was based on a prototype built to compete for Henry Ford II's contract to build a Le Mans race car in the early 1960s.. Mounting the engine in the middle instead of the front of the vehicle puts more weight over the rear tires, so they have more traction and provide more assistance to the front tires in braking the vehicle, with less chance of rear-wheel lockup and less ...

6. Rear-engine, front-wheel-drive layout - Wikipedia

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   The earliest example of the form appeared in 1932, with the design and construction of the prototype Maroon Car by chief designer Harleigh Holmes at Coleman Motors, an established builder of Front- and All-Wheel-Drive vehicles based in Littleton, Colorado. [1] The car had front-wheel drive and was powered by a rear-mounted V-8 engine.

7. Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout - Wikipedia

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   The engine was mounted longitudinally (fore-and-aft, or north–south) behind the wheels, with the transmission ahead of the engine and differential at the very front of the car. With the engine so far back, the weight distribution of such cars as the Cord L-29 was not ideal; the driven wheels did not carry a large enough proportion of weight ...