Car with both Transverse & Longitudinal engine options?

[Puddenchucker]

As per title, has there ever been a production car manufactured where both transverse & longitudinal engine installations were available in the same model?
For example, you walk into the showroon and if you order the mid-range 4cyl you get a transverse engine, but if you order the 6cyl GT you get a longitudinal engine.
(Excluding cars where the engine changed location, e.g. 'normal' front engined Renault Clios vs the mid-engine V6)

[jbswagger]

Rover 75 had both

[gazza285]

Triumph 1500 was available with both.

[SS2.]

Fiat Panda 30 = longitudinal 2 pot.

Fiat Panda 45 = transverse 4 pot.

[Puddenchucker]

jbswagger said:

Rover 75 had both

The V8, and MG equivilent.
I'd forgoten about that, although that also switched from front to rear drive as well.

[generationx]

The Renault 21 too

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_21

You could see the difference on the rear section of the front wing.

[Puddenchucker]

generationx said:

The Renault 21 too

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_21

You could see the difference on the rear section of the front wing.

Thanks.
That's the one that I was trying to remember. I thought Renault did this, but was thinking it was the 18 from 1970s.

[kambites]

The BMW 1-series is currently built as both, albeit not in the same body-style. The (Chinese market) saloon is FWD, the (rest of the world) hatch is RWD.

The Ferrari Mondial was available as both over its lifetime.


I don't think either is/was quite what you're after though because neither was available at the same time in the same place with both layouts.

Edited by kambites on Friday 23 February 07:43

[TooMany2cvs]

gazza285 said:

Triumph 1500 was available with both.

No, they were all longitudinal, both FWD and RWD.

R21 is the most obvious one that comes to my mind, unless you simply look at badges rather than "the same basic design".
Didn't certain Ferraris (Mondial?) swap from one to t'other?

[RedSwede]

Ford Escort, Mk5

[TooMany2cvs]

RedSwede said:

Ford Escort, Mk5

...if you count the Cosworth.

[RedSwede]

TooMany2cvs said:

...if you count the Cosworth.

It may have mechanically been a Sierra in many ways, but it had an Escort body, Escort interior, and was in the Escort brochure.

[MJK 24]

Alfa Romeo 145/146

[gazza285]

TooMany2cvs said:

gazza285 said:

Triumph 1500 was available with both.

No, they were all longitudinal, both FWD and RWD.

You're not wrong...

[daniel1920]

Audi A4, A6, A8. Quattro vs non Quattro

(could be wrong!)

[TooMany2cvs]

MJK 24 said:

Alfa Romeo 145/146

Oh, yes - good call! Flat fours were north-south, straight fours were east-west.

[kambites]

daniel1920 said:

Audi A4, A6, A8. Quattro vs non Quattro

(could be wrong!)

No, they're all longitudinal.

[daniel1920]

kambites said:

No, they're all longitudinal.

Really? Longitudinal FWD must be fairly rare, but that's a bit off topic

[2Btoo]

Didn't some models of Ford Transit have differing engine directions?

(I could be wrong.)

[Krikkit]

daniel1920 said:

kambites said:

No, they're all longitudinal.

Really? Longitudinal FWD must be fairly rare, but that's a bit off topic

It is, I think only Audi has done it in the last 30 years.