laurentien knastet i vei:
> On Aug 27, 6:37 pm, Frank > wrote:
>> laurentien knastet i vei:
>>
>>> I will give you an example.
>>> Citroen did put front wheel drive on its main production car (the
>>> Traction) in 1935 making them the first company to mass produce a FWD.
>> Ehh .. DKW did it before, early 1931
>
> DKW which entered Auto Union in 1932, they only offered a FWD in 1951.

"DKW cars were made from 1928 until 1966. They always used two-stroke
engines and, from 1931, the company was a pioneer in front-wheel drive
and transverse mounting."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKW


>
> Citroen is still the first car manufacturer to bring FWD to a car
> built on a production line.
> The first car that came with FWD was in fact the Cord but it was hand
> made and was not available to the average person.
>
> LHR