On Aug 28, 9:30 am, Frank > wrote:
> 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

No, Wikipedia is not a reliable source of information, since I have
read a lot of false information there and anyone can write in there. I
have done some research on DKW, it is nowhere indicated that they did
a FWD before 1951. However, making a FWD in 1951 is still ahead of
most car manufacturers since the next one would be the Renault 16 in
1965.

LHR