WHY EUROPEAN DESIGNERS CHOOSE FRONT WHEEL DRIVE

Front wheel drive offers design engineers unique possibilities in creating car models with personalities all their own. It has become increasingly popular among European buyers of small and medium sized cars who demand compactness, comfort, large interior space, load-carrying ability, and superior road-holding. Today, over 80% of the new cars produced in France are front wheel drive. /SAE/

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  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Publication Date: 1975-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 26-30
• Serial:
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Volume: 83
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0098-2571

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compact automobiles; Design; Foreign; Foreign automobiles; Front wheel drive; Handling characteristics; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Handling
• Old TRIS Terms: Foreign design practices; Foreign vehicles
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099017
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE #750013
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1975 12:00AM