Vehicle engine whose crankshaft axis is perpendicular to the direction of travel
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Transversely mounted engine in Toyota Corolla E80
A transverse engine is an engine mounted in a vehicle so that the engine's crankshaft axis is perpendicular to the direction of travel. Many modern front-wheel drive vehicles use this engine mounting configuration. Most rear-wheel drive vehicles use a longitudinal engine configuration, where the engine's crankshaft axis is parallel with the direction of travel, except for some rear-mid engine vehicles, which use a transverse engine and transaxle mounted in the rear instead of the front. Despite typically being used in light vehicles, it is not restricted to such designs and has also been used on armoured fighting vehicles to save interior space.
A transverseengine is an engine mounted in a vehicle so that the engine's crankshaft axis is perpendicular to the direction of travel. Many modern front-wheel...
number of cylinders or configuration. A transverseengine is an engine mounted in a vehicle so that the engine's crankshaft axis is perpendicular to the...
a chain or belt drive a transverseengine is usually used, and with shaft drives a longitudinal engine. Longitudinal engines in motorcycles do have one...
inline-four engines, especially in transverseengine vehicles. A downside for luxury cars is that V6 engines produce more vibrations than straight-six engines. Some...
because it was based on a V6 engine with a 60-degree V-angle. Both the Ford and Volvo engines were used in transverseengine chassis, which were designed...
Look up transverse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Transverse may refer to: Transverseengine, an engine in which the crankshaft is oriented side-to-side...
and mid-size cars with front wheel drive or four wheel drive and transverseengine. It replaces the PF2 and PF3 platforms in one combined modular platform...
longitudinal-engine vehicles including Nissan Pathfinder, Nissan Navara, Infiniti FX, Infiniti EX, and Infiniti M and transverse-engine vehicles including...
carry the same T24A-FTS engine designation as the regular (non-hybrid) variant. For transverseengine applications, the hybrid engine drives the front wheels...
either front- or four-wheel drive vehicles, using only front-mounted transverseengines. Volkswagens based on this platform have been colloquially referred...
which also includes the similar MQB strategy for its vehicles with transverseengine orientation. While a model may be said to use an MLB platform, it...
exhaust manifold has a rear location on the transverseengine, compared to the front location for the previous engine, yielding important benefits such as better...
indicating the configuration of the engine: Q indicates a transverseengine (Quer in German) L indicates a longitudinal engine (Längs in German) A digit indicating...
as a transverseengine in the front-wheel drive platform of the Mitsubishi Magna and Chrysler K platform. Chrysler commonly marketed the engine "Hemi...
system in its on-demand four-wheel drive transmission, due to the transverseengine layout. In the United Kingdom, the S3 is priced notably higher than...
known for its innovative Dante Giacosa-designed front-wheel drive, transverseengine layout — that would be later popularized by the Fiat 128 to ultimately...
shared modular design construction of its transverse, front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout (optional front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout) automobiles...
hatchback competitors which were transverseengine front-wheel drive, the 3 Series Compact uses the longitudinal engine rear-wheel drive layout. In 2004...
car. It had pioneered the transverse-engined front-wheel drive layout with the transmission and clutch to the left of the engine, which today is almost universally...
mid- and rear-engined vehicles use a transverseengine and transaxle, similar to a front-wheel-drive unit. Others use a longitudinal engine and transaxle...
introduced by Chrysler Corporation for the 1981 model year, featuring a transverseengine, front-wheel drive, independent front and semi-independent rear suspension...
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