Car with both Transverse & Longitudinal engine options?

Car with both Transverse & Longitudinal engine options?

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Puddenchucker

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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)


Puddenchucker

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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.

Puddenchucker

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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.