Efficient Vehicle Packaging with Front-Wheel Drive

780131

02/01/1978

Event
1978 Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
THE SEARCH FOR improved packaging efficiency and flexible arrangements of available space has lead Renault to the use of front wheel drive. This paper outlines the development of four front wheel drive passenger cars at Renault and illustrates both similar and unique solutions adopted to achieve engineering and marketing objectives. To obtain truly optimized designs for different sizes and classes of vehicles, it is very difficult to use common body and chassis components on several distinct car lines.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/780131
Pages
16
Citation
Phillips, P., Daniel, A., and Rebiffe, R., "Efficient Vehicle Packaging with Front-Wheel Drive," SAE Technical Paper 780131, 1978, https://doi.org/10.4271/780131.
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Publisher
Published
Feb 1, 1978
Product Code
780131
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English