Rear-engine, front-wheel-drive layout
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Rear-engine, front-wheel-drive layout
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A rear-engine, front-wheel-drive layout is one in which the engine is between or behind the rear wheels, and drives the front wheels via a driveshaft, the complete reverse 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 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. The ca
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear-engine,_front-wheel-drive_layout
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2023-09-21T02:46:02Z
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