Friday, January 15, 2016
B Challenges U
Our pal Bobinott has a challenge for you; name as many rear-engined front-wheel-drive cars (OEM from a major manufacturer, more than a dozen produced) that you can.. He'll fire off the first volley with the 1933 Dymaxion. What, all done already?
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I love it! An utterly nonsensical and insane layout that only the Europeans would try to produce, specifically the Russians and the French. But I can't think of a single good example! Thumbs up!
ReplyDeleteWell, surprisingly the Brits were still thinking about this layout, as recently as 1999:
Deletehttp://www.directorypatent.com/GB/2351051-a.html
(download the PDF using the icon in the upper left corner; there are cool drawings in it)
Euro-think! :-)
DeleteIt's awfully quiet out there.....
ReplyDeleteHow about the 1932 Coleman Motor Company "Maroon Car"?
https://books.google.ca/books?id=7-EDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA250&dq=Popular+Science+1930+plane+%22Popular+Mechanics%22&hl=en&ei=b6NpTru2LJO6tgeKoODMBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result#v=onepage&q=Popular%20Science%201930%20plane%20%22Popular%20Mechanics%22&f=true
Rather an ungainly looking beast. Hard to imagine that this came from the same company that produced a really pretty Indy Car in that same period.
[img]https://www.littletongov.org/modules/showimage.aspx?imageid=1041[/img]
I'm unaware of any production car with that layout, of any nationality and the vehicles above wouldn't meet the criteria you defined. Maybe because RF is a dumb idea, period.
ReplyDeleteBut it's a humorous concept!
ReplyDeleteThere's probably a few more weirdo concepts out there but I've got nothing.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I have to agree that there was a certain degree of "Wild Goose Chase" in this one. Like the rest of you, I have not actually found any volume-produced R/F cars.
ReplyDeleteI suppose one could try out the concept by disabling the rear final drive on a Porsche Carrera 4S. Anyone willing to volunteer the use of theirs, to help advance Science?