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Re: So what's good about FWD?
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- Subject: Re: So what's good about FWD?
- From: Dave Eaton <dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 10:19:35 +0012
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..>From: shields@tembel.org (Michael Shields)
..>Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 07:34:18 +0000 (GMT)
..>
..>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?
yup,
it was called the beetle.
-dave
'93 s2
'90 ur-q