If engineers had had their way, front-wheel drive would have dominated automotive design from the get-go. But, in a victory for right-brain thinkers, stylists and enthusiasts actually have a say ...

In addition to being more compact than a separate transmission and axle, a transaxle also allows front-drive cars to have their engines mounted sideways. That allows for a smaller engine bay ...

The Volt is fairly conventional, in that it has a transverse four-cylinder engine mounted in the front of the car, bolted to a transaxle that drives the front wheels, just like in a Malibu or a Cruze.

The front drive system is adequate, but it features a stock power steering pump, a pair of standard V-belt drives, and no air conditioning. See All 24 Photos 2.

Vintage Air offers their Front Runner engine drive systems for Chevy small- and big-block applications as well as the LS-series V-8s. They’re packed with features to improve your performance and ...

A transverse engine in a front-wheel-drive based car isn't unusual, but stuffing a long inline-six in there is. In Volvo's 60-series models, it extends nearly the whole width of the car.Sadly ...

At this year’s Detroit auto show, supplier ZF announced it was developing a nine-speed automatic transmission for front-drive, transverse-engine layouts, and now we’ve got more details. ZF now ...

By the late 1980s, most of GM’s fleet was front-wheel-drive, and the Chevrolet Camaro/Pontiac Firebird could have been next as shown by an early development project called the GM-80.

Porsche made brilliant front-engine, rear-transaxle cars in the 70s, 80s and 90s, and they owe us a new one. The 718 Boxster and Cayman have taken over as the cheap Porsches of the day, sort of ...