Cars that were FWD and RWD in the same generation?

[Andy Wheels Australia]

So far I can think of the Rover 75/MG ZT and the fifth-gen Toyota Corolla that were offered in both front- and rear-wheel drive guises within the same generation.

Are there any others you can think of? Struggling a bit here...

[rix]

Metro/6R4 if that counts!

[generationx]

Stretching the title a bit - the 3rd generation (2000-2014) Transit came in FWD or RWD.

[Andy Wheels Australia]

generationx said:

Stretching the title a bit - the 3rd generation (2000-2014) Transit came in FWD or RWD.

I seem to remember the Ford mechanics converting one from FWD to RWD in about 15 minutes as a live demo on the press launch. Pretty impressive stuff.

[s m]

Triumph 1500/1500 TC

[Scrump]

Renault Clio

[vaud]

Renault 5 and Renault 5 Turbo. (Mk1)

[Reg Local]

MkIII Ford Escort:

[Mr.Jimbo]

Can think of a lot of cars that were FWD and 4WD in the same gen but drawing a blank on RWD/FWD.

That Mk3 escort doesn't count as it was either 1 of 2 prototype RS1800Ts or an aftermarket Gartrac conversion

Ah remembered one, Clio V6 and regular cooking spec - Bugger, Scrump beat me to it

[kiseca]

Pretty sure that one old generation of Corolla had FWD saloons and a RWD coupe?

5th generation E80, according to Wikipedia. The regular models were FWD and the AE85 and AE86 (Sprinter) were RWD.

Oh, already mentioned by OP.

[Miserablegit]

Peugeot 205 when lifting off on a bend!

[kiseca]

Miserablegit said:

Peugeot 205 when lifting off on a bend!

.... or when going backwards through the hedge

[waynecyclist]

Renault 21 from memory was fwd, rwd and 4wd

[Scrump]

BMW 2 series

[J4CKO]

Andy Wheels Australia said:

So far I can think of the Rover 75/MG ZT and the fifth-gen Toyota Corolla that were offered in both front- and rear-wheel drive guises within the same generation.

Are there any others you can think of? Struggling a bit here...

To illustrate the difference, heres a video from 13 years ago of my dad in the V6 and my uncle in the V8, otherwise identical looking ZT's arsing about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2sf58KoemM&li...

The V8 was sold a fair while back and my dad still has the V6, still looks like a new car.

[AlexS]

waynecyclist said:

Renault 21 from memory was fwd, rwd and 4wd

I thought that the 21 was either FWD or AWD. But it was odd in that, depending on the capacity it came with either a transverse or longitudinal engine.

[Reg Local]

Mr.Jimbo said:

That Mk3 escort doesn't count as it was either 1 of 2 prototype RS1800Ts or an aftermarket Gartrac conversion

Gosh, no-one told me there were rules.

It’s a factory RS1700t, 1 of 18 produced:

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/general/ford-rs17...

[Jimmy Recard]

s m said:

Triumph 1500/1500 TC

That's the first one that came to mind for me

[generationx]

AlexS said:

I thought that the 21 was either FWD or AWD. But it was odd in that, depending on the capacity it came with either a transverse or longitudinal engine.

Yes, this. With slightly different wheelbases too - you can see the difference with the distance from the front wheel arch to the door IIRC

[waynecyclist]

generationx said:

AlexS said:

I thought that the 21 was either FWD or AWD. But it was odd in that, depending on the capacity it came with either a transverse or longitudinal engine.

Yes, this. With slightly different wheelbases too - you can see the difference with the distance from the front wheel arch to the door IIRC

I stand corrected, it was the different engine layout that confused me