A 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...

some people use descriptions of "transverse crankshaft engine", "longitudinal crankshaft engine", or "transversely mounted cylinders". The most common...

Motors 60° V6 engine family is a series of 60° V6 engines produced for both longitudinal and transverse applications. All of these engines are 12-valve...

received a new, transversely mounted engine. Other front-wheel-drive Toyota models, such as Camry, and Corolla, had transversely mounted engines from the beginning...

inline engine" referring to the VR-engine having characteristics of inline layout but shortened. It was developed specifically for transverse engine installations...

along the long axis of the vehicle, from front to back. See also: transverse engine This type of motor is usually used for rear-wheel drive cars, except...

Look up transverse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Transverse may refer to: Transverse engine, an engine in which the crankshaft is oriented side-to-side...

number of cylinders or configuration. A transverse engine is an engine mounted in a vehicle so that the engine's crankshaft axis is perpendicular to the...

variant. For transverse engine applications (marketed as "Dual Boost Hybrid System" in Japan and "Hybrid MAX" in North America), the hybrid engine drives the...

350GT-8 (2002-2006) JR712E Rear wheel drive; 7-speed Hybrid vehicle. 3.5L V6 Engine Infiniti Q50 CVT 8 for Serena S Hybrid (Mild hybrid) 2013 CVT 8 Hybrid for...

car. It had pioneered the transverse-engined front-wheel drive layout with the transmission and clutch to the left of the engine, which today is almost universally...

the two crankshafts are actually oriented transversely). Compared with V-twin engines and flat-twin engines, straight-twins are more compact, a simpler...

8-speed automatic transmissions for use in both longitudinal and transverse engine vehicles, based on a common, globally patented gearset concept. The...

inline-four engines, especially in transverse engine vehicles. A downside for luxury cars is that V6 engines produce more vibrations than straight-six engines. Some...

and mid-size cars with front wheel drive or four wheel drive and transverse engine. It replaces the PF2 and PF3 platforms in one combined modular platform...

followed by a three-door hatchback that September. With a 1,169 cc transverse engine and front-wheel drive, the car provided good interior space despite...

modern front-wheel-drive vehicles feature a transverse engine, rather than the conventional longitudinal engine arrangement generally found in rear-wheel-drive...

either front- or four-wheel drive vehicles, using only front-mounted transverse engines. Volkswagens based on this platform have been colloquially referred...

because it was based on a V6 engine with a 60-degree V-angle. Both the Ford and Volvo engines were used in transverse engine chassis, which were designed...

indicating the configuration of the engine: Q indicates a transverse engine (Quer in German) L indicates a longitudinal engine (Längs in German) A digit indicating...

Riviera (FWD, longitudinal engine) 1986–1993 Buick Riviera (FWD, transverse engine) 1988–1991 Buick Reatta (FWD, transverse engine, shortened chassis) 1967–1985...

the layout and passenger car packaging benefits of mounting the engine transversely in front of the front axle. At first – when well executed – the packaging...

exhaust manifold has a rear location on the transverse engine, compared to the front location for the previous engine, yielding important benefits such as better...

hatchback competitors which were transverse engine front-wheel drive, the 3 Series Compact uses the longitudinal engine rear-wheel drive layout. In 2004...

Daewoo XK6 straight-six petrol engine, which is one of the few straight-six engines to be used in a transverse engine front-wheel drive car. From the...

engine: the first engine to be used in a mass-production transverse-engined front-wheel drive car. 1966–2000 Fiat Twin Cam engine: one of the first mass-produced...

longitudinal-engine vehicles including Nissan Pathfinder, Nissan Navara, Infiniti FX, Infiniti EX, and Infiniti M and transverse-engine vehicles including...

as a transverse engine in the front-wheel drive platform of the Mitsubishi Magna and Chrysler K platform. Chrysler commonly marketed the engine "Hemi...

known for its innovative Dante Giacosa-designed front-wheel drive, transverse engine layout — that would be later popularized by the Fiat 128 to ultimately...

transverse-engine, full-size unibody cars — initially powered by a carbureted 3.0 liter Buick V6 engine, a fuel-injected 3.8 liter Buick V6 engine, or...