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Development of a Front-Wheel-Drive Car
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Development of front-wheel-drive car in Japan began about ten years ago, and it is in a good state today. Principal difficulties to be removed in the early stage of development were the problem of gradeability and that of constant velocity sliding universal joint. After many endeavors, a front-wheel-drive car equipped with horizontally opposed four cylinder engine was realized. This configuration has, to add to the proper superiorities of front-wheel-drive car, advantages in respect of vibration, cornering ability, crashworthiness, safety for pedestrians and ease of designing four-wheel-drive car.
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Matsumoto, R., Hataya, G., Morinaga, M., and Tsukada, T., "Development of a Front-Wheel-Drive Car," SAE Technical Paper 770803, 1977, https://doi.org/10.4271/770803.Also In
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