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[Bernie Strub <bstrub@silverlink.net>]

Michael Shields sed:
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>But why doesn't anyone build a rear-drive, *rear-engined* economy car?
>It would have the advantages of a short, simple drivetrain without
>working against weight transfer.  And, it would have extra weight over
>the drive wheels.  It seems to me that this would be just as cheap
>as a front-engine/front-drive car, and would perform better under all
>conditions.  Why doesn't anyone build it that way?

Disregarding past practice (vw bugs, renault dauphines, etc), it is no
longer done because of crash protection...if you put an engine and
transmission in fornt of jq public, engineer it to slide underneath in a
frontal collision, it is much easier to dissipate the crash energy and
protect the occupants with misc "crushable" machinery.  If you put all that
stuff in the rear, how would you do this?  I would guess it would be pretty
expen$ive...

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