Rear engine, front wheel drive

[StuStu]

I have had cars with front, rear and mid engines and front, rear and all wheel drive, but I cannot think of a vehicle with rear engine, front wheel drive.
Can't see a practical application for it, but has any manufacturer ever dabled with that format?

[marshalla]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_car

[fido]

No boot or bonnet storage!

[Proxy]

This is all I know of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_car

[StuStu]

so someone built one .. and it killed the driver !

[Arun_D]

We kinda had this last week...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[StuStu]

been thinking ... how about a Combine Harvester?

[vrooom]

Are you crazy? no traction over the front wheels, and it wont handle good........

[fwaggie]

All forward prop planes.


(Ok, maybe not *wheel* drive... )

[MG CHRIS]

Yes if you type in gregory rear engine and front wheel drive. It was built in 1947 only 1 left in the world check it. No lies neither.

[StuStu]

hmmm "The four-cylinder Continental engine and 3-speed Borg Warner transmission setup was allegedly capable of propelling the sedan to 70 mph! We can only imagine what blinding speed could have been attained if Gregory had landed funding to install an atomic propulsion drive in place of the Continental combustive unit"

[Beyond Rational]

StuStu said:

been thinking ... how about a Combine Harvester?

Mid engined.

Some vehicles I can think of are those that use their engines as counterweights, this would generally only apply to early wheeled loaders and telescopic handlers before they went AWD, and maybe some Forklifts.