• Thumbnail for Transverse engine
    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...
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  • number of cylinders or configuration. A transverse engine is an engine mounted in a vehicle so that the engine's crankshaft axis is perpendicular to the...
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    some people use descriptions of "transverse crankshaft engine", "longitudinal crankshaft engine", or "transversely mounted cylinders". The most common...
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  • Thumbnail for General Motors 60° V6 engine
    Motors 60° V6 engine family is a series of 60° V6 engines produced for both longitudinal and transverse applications. All of these engines are 12-valve...
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    engine”. It was developed specifically for transverse engine installations and FWD (front-wheel drive) vehicles. The VR6 is a highly compact engine,...
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    along the long axis of the vehicle, from front to back. See also: transverse engine This type of motor is usually used for rear-wheel drive cars, except...
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  • Look up transverse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Transverse may refer to: Transverse engine, an engine in which the crankshaft is oriented side-to-side...
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    the two crankshafts are actually oriented transversely). Compared with V-twin engines and flat-twin engines, straight-twins are more compact, a simpler...
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    inline-four engines, especially in transverse engine vehicles. A downside for luxury cars is that V6 engines produce more vibrations than straight-six engines. Some...
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    longitudinal-engine vehicles including Nissan Pathfinder, Nissan Navara, Infiniti FX, Infiniti EX, and Infiniti M and transverse-engine vehicles including...
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    received a new, transversely mounted engine. Other front-wheel-drive Toyota models, such as Camry, and Corolla, had transversely mounted engines from the beginning...
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  • either front- or four-wheel drive vehicles, using only front-mounted transverse engines. Volkswagens based on this platform have been colloquially referred...
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  • Thumbnail for Toyota Dynamic Force engine
    variant. For transverse engine applications (marketed as "Dual Boost Hybrid System" in Japan and "Hybrid MAX" in North America), the hybrid engine drives the...
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    because it was based on a V6 engine with a 60-degree V-angle. Both the Ford and Volvo engines were used in transverse engine chassis, which were designed...
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  • 350GT-8 (2002-2006) JR712E Rear wheel drive; 7-speed Hybrid vehicle. 3.5L V6 Engine Infiniti Q50 CVT 8 for Serena S Hybrid (Mild hybrid) 2013 CVT 8 Hybrid for...
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  • and mid-size cars with front wheel drive or four wheel drive and transverse engine. It replaces the PF2 and PF3 platforms in one combined modular platform...
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    modern front-wheel-drive vehicles feature a transverse engine, rather than the conventional longitudinal engine arrangement generally found in rear-wheel-drive...
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    Daewoo XK6 straight-six petrol engine, which is one of the few straight-six engines to be used in a transverse engine front-wheel drive car. From the...
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  • Thumbnail for Volkswagen Group MQB platform
    shared modular design construction of its transverse, front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout (optional front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout) automobiles...
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  • indicating the configuration of the engine: Q indicates a transverse engine (Quer in German) L indicates a longitudinal engine (Längs in German) A digit indicating...
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  • Thumbnail for Mitsubishi 4B1 engine
    exhaust manifold has a rear location on the transverse engine, compared to the front location for the previous engine, yielding important benefits such as better...
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  • Thumbnail for General Motors E platform
    Riviera (FWD, longitudinal engine) 1986–1993 Buick Riviera (FWD, transverse engine) 1988–1991 Buick Reatta (FWD, transverse engine, shortened chassis) 1967–1985...
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    as a transverse engine in the front-wheel drive platform of the Mitsubishi Magna and Chrysler K platform. Chrysler commonly marketed the engine "Hemi...
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    hatchback competitors which were transverse engine front-wheel drive, the 3 Series Compact uses the longitudinal engine rear-wheel drive layout. In 2004...
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    which also includes the similar MQB strategy for its vehicles with transverse engine orientation. While a model may be said to use an MLB platform, it...
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  • Thumbnail for Chrysler K platform
    introduced by Chrysler Corporation for the 1981 model year, featuring a transverse engine, front-wheel drive, independent front and semi-independent rear suspension...
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  • Thumbnail for Autobianchi A111
    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...
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    Beta range and was powered by a transverse twin-cam, 4 cylinder engine. The Mitsubishi i is powered by a 3-cylinder engine mounted behind the rear seats...
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    followed by a three-door hatchback that September. With a 1,169 cc transverse engine and front-wheel drive, the car provided good interior space despite...
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    Mini (category Cars powered by transverse 4-cylinder engines)
    considered an icon of 1960s British popular culture. Its space-saving transverse engine and front-wheel drive layout – allowing 80% of the area of the car's...
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