Front-engine design is an automotive design where the engine is in the front side of the car, connected to the wheels via a drive shaft. The main types...
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a mid-engine layout describes the placement of an automobile engine in front of the rear-wheel axles, but behind the front axle. The mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive...
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In automobile design, a rear-engine design layout places the engine at the rear of the vehicle. The center of gravity of the engine itself is behind the...
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design, a front-engine, front-wheel-drive (FWD) layout, or FF layout, places both the internal combustion engine and driven roadwheels at the front of...
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In automotive design, an F4, or front-engine, four-wheel drive (4WD) layout places the internal combustion engine at the front of the vehicle and drives...
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thereof.[citation needed] The Volkswagen VR6 engine was designed for transverse engine installations in front-wheel drive vehicles. The narrow angle of 15°...
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In automotive design, a front-mid-engine, front-wheel-drive layout (also called more simply "mid-engine, front-wheel-drive layout", and abbreviated MF...
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The front-engine dragster is a type of racing car purposely built for drag racing. Commonly known as a "rail", "digger", or "slingshot", it is now considered...
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A front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout (FR), also called Système Panhard is a powertrain layout with an engine in front and rear-wheel-drive, connected...
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Citroën, Dodge, Eagle, Fiat, Lancia, Porsche and Saab. Front-engine design · Transverse engine · Front-wheel drive configuration 1996–2004 Peugeot 406 V6...
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Front-wheel drive (FWD) is a form of engine and transmission layout used in motor vehicles, in which the engine drives the front wheels only. Most modern...
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Audi A4 (category Front-wheel-drive vehicles)
layout consists of a front-engine design, with transaxle-type transmissions mounted at the rear of the engine. The cars are front-wheel drive, or on some...
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transverse engine is an engine mounted in a vehicle so that the engine's crankshaft axis is perpendicular to the direction of travel. Many modern front-wheel...
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Hemi V6 displacing 235 cubic inches (3.9 L) designed by Chrysler's Powerplant Research and Engine Design division. Known internally as A173, it was meant...
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V8 engine designed autonomously by Mercedes-Benz subsidiary Mercedes-AMG, as previous AMG engines have always been based on original Mercedes engines. The...
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In automotive design, an RMR, or rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout is one in which the rear wheels are driven by an engine placed with its center...
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(UX design); and search engine optimization. Often many individuals will work in teams covering different aspects of the design process, although some...
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recirculation, appropriate calibration of the engine's ignition timing schedule, and careful design of the engine's combustion chambers and cooling system as...
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The Wankel engine (/ˈvʌŋkəl/, VAHN-kəl) is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion...
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Cab over (redirect from Cab Over Engine)
the cab-over design allows the vehicle's wheelbase to be shorter than in the conventional arrangement, wherein the engine is placed in front of the cab...
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of a conventional front-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicle layout. The earliest example of the form appeared in 1932, with the design and construction of...
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commonplace front-engine design (as either an FF layout, FR layout or F4 layout), however the majority of cars with a mid-engine design or rear-engine design belong...
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Mazda RX-7 (category Cars powered by Wankel engines)
The Mazda RX-7 is a front mid engine, rear-wheel-drive, rotary engine-powered sports car, manufactured and marketed by Mazda from 1978 through 2002 across...
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In automotive design, an RR, or rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout places both the engine and drive wheels at the rear of the vehicle. In contrast to...
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Tucker Sno-Cat (section Track design evolution)
323 models were all two-track Tucker Sno-Cats with a conventional front engine design. There are at least two variants of the Tucker Kitten, some have...
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engine equipped with the mainframe and variable valve timing mechanism (VVA), the inverted front fork, etc. The exterior parts are specially designed...
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Ferrari 12Cilindri (section Engine)
Italian pronunciation: [dɔdit͡ʃi t͡ʃiˈlin.dri]; Type F167) is a two-seater front-engine, rear-wheel-drive grand tourer produced by the Italian sports car manufacturer...
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Ineos Grenadier (section Design)
progressive-rate coil spring suspension (front and rear), and powered by a petrol BMW B58 or diesel BMW B57 inline six turbocharged engine. Ineos Automotive Ltd was...
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Although designed separately from the Taunus engine, the Essex also was a 60-degree V4 with water cooling, overhead valves, and designed for use in front-engined...
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largely on its predecessor, the front-engined 275 GTB, and was the final flagship Ferrari to feature a front-engine design. Ferrari's engineers gave the...
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