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front-wheel drive

automotive transmission where the engine drives the front wheels only
Class type of: gearbox Q847962

Facts

3 properties
Subclass of
gearbox[1]
Short name
FWD[3]
Opposite of
rear-wheel drive[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en front-wheel drive en FWD ar السحب الأمامي cs Přední pohon da forhjulstræk de Vorderradantrieb de Fronttriebler de Frontantrieb es Traccion delantera es FWD es Tracción delantera fa خودرو محور جلو fi etupyöräveto fi etuveto fr traction he הנעה קדמית id Penggerak roda depan it Trazione anteriore ja フロントエンジン・フロントドライブ ja FFドライブ
🔖 Identifiers · 10
GND ID
4341260-9
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/front-wheel-drive
Freebase ID
/m/038l2y
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
forhjulsdrift
KBpedia ID
FrontWheelDrive
Lex ID
forhjulstræk
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777507793
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
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Topic's main category
Category:Front-wheel-drive vehicles
YSO ID
25719

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🔗 Connections
Belongs to 1
Fiat Centoventi Concept
Opposite of 1
rear-wheel drive
Subclass of 1
gearbox
Subtypes 1
front-engine, front-wheel drive layout
Topic's main category 1
Category:Front-wheel-drive vehicles
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Front-wheel-drive vehicles
← Chassis 1
Aeolus Yixuan
← Has characteristic 1
Maxus Mifa 7
← Opposite of 1
rear-wheel drive
← Powered by 1
Aiways U6
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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → gearbox
    Topic's main category → Category:Front-wheel-drive vehicles
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