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Rear-wheel drive (or RWD for short) is an engine/transmission layout used in automobiles. RWD typically places the engine in the front of the vehicle, but the front mid-engine, rear mid-engine and rear engine layouts are also used.
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Chrysler's F platform was used by the rear wheel drive cars in the 1970s. Cars using the F platform include: 1976-1980 Dodge Aspen/Plymouth Volare...
Chrysler's A platform was the basis for rear wheel drive cars in the 1960s. Cars using the A platform include: Plymouth Valiant Dodge Dart Plymouth Barracuda Plymouth Scamp Plymouth Duster Dodge Lancer Dodge Demon Dodge Twister...
Chrysler's E platform was used by the rear wheel drive cars in the 1960s. Cars using the E platform include: Dodge Challenger Plymouth Barracuda Plymouth Caravelle Chrysler 600 Chrysler New Yorker...
Rear wheel drive was a common form of engine/transmission layout used in automobiles throughout... rear engine layouts are also used. The vast majority of rear wheel drive vehicles use a longitudinally-mounted engine in the front of the vehicle, driving the rear wheels via a driveshaft linked via a...
wheels: the front-wheel drive, rear wheel drive and mid-engined arrangements. Front engine, rear wheel... engine drives a rear-mounted transaxle. This is generally done for reasons of weight distribution... mission, the differential and the drive axle into a single unit. Transaxles are near universal in...
Kappa is General Motors' new compact rear wheel drive automobile platform. The architecture will debut in the 2006 Pontiac Solstice. Vehicles Current vehicles based on this platform: none Future vehicles using this platform: 2006 Pontiac Solstice Cancelled vehicles that were to use this...
The V platform , or V-body , was General Motors' rear wheel drive automobile platform from the 1980s. The fourth character in the Vehicle Identification Number for a V-body car is "V". Many vehicles used this platform including the following nameplates: Opel Monza Opel Senator Coupe Holden...
The Y platform , or Y-body , is General Motors' high-end rear wheel drive automobile platform from the 1980s through the 2000s. The fourth character in the Vehicle Identification Number for a Y-body car is "Y". Only two Y-body cars have been produced: Cadillac XLR Chevrolet Corvette...
Zeta is General Motors' new midsize rear wheel drive automobile platform. The architecture was engineered by Holden of Australia and debuts in 2004 with the 2005 Opel Insignia. It will be the underpinning of the next Holden Monaro and Pontiac GTO. Vehicles Current vehicles based on the Sigma...
The Infiniti J30 was introduced in early 1992 as a 1993 model to replace the M30. All J30s were built in Tochigi, Japan. The J30 went into production on April 7, 1992. The J30 was rear-wheel drive. Production of the J30 ended on June 18, 1997...