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[edit] Merge proposal

It has been suggested that the advantages/disadvantages sections of front-wheel drive and rear-wheel drive shold be merged here. I think that would be a great idea. As it is we have much things duplicated, and we don't adress the issue of 4WD. // Liftarn

I agree. The advantages and disadvantages deal with layouts outside of the each specific layout, therefore this is a more general topic, and thus more appropriate here. —Mr Grim Reaper ^{(Talk | contribs)}, 01:34, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

• Support for the reasons cited. Leedeth 22:14, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Y Done I merged rear-wheel drive into this article. Front-wheel drive is now just a chronology that needs to be cleaned up, at a minimum. My suggestion would be that the relevant portions of that article be written here (in prose, please) and then Front-wheel drive could be AfDed. ~~

[edit] FR layout

I think this should merged here as well--BirgitteSB 17:15, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

• Agreed. Addhoc (talk) 17:15, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
• Y Done. I hope this works for everyone, it looks much better to me. Livitup (talk) 15:22, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bot report : Found duplicate references !

In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)

• "hidden" :
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.saabnet.com/tsn/models/1984/pr2.html |title=The Hidden Virtues of Front Wheel Drive |publisher=Saab Automobile}}
  • [http://www.saabnet.com/tsn/models/1984/pr2.html The Hidden Virtues of Front Wheel Drive]
• "Milliken" :
  • {{cite book | last = William | first = Milliken | title = Race Car Vehicle Dynamics | year = 1995 | publisher = SAE International | isbn = 1560915269 | pages = 730 | chapter = Merits of Front-, Rear-, and Four-Wheel Drive | quote = Front-wheel drive has been most successful in the lower power/weight range and in sutuations in which superior derectional stability on low coefficients is important. There has never been a successful front-drive Grand Prix car nor a competitive Indianapolis car of more than 300 hp.}}
  • {{cite book | last = William | first = Milliken | title = Race Car Vehicle Dynamics | year = 1995 | publisher = SAE International | isbn = 1560915269 | pages = 730 | chapter = Merits of Front-, Rear-, and Four-Wheel Drive | quote = Front-wheel drive has been most successful in the lower power/weight range and in sutuations in which superior derectional stability on low coefficients is important. There has never been a successful front-drive Grand Prix car nor a competitive Indianapolis car of more than 300 hp.}}

DumZiBoT (talk) 11:56, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Minor edit, but i still wonder...

"Robustness - due to geometry and packaging constraints, the CV joints attached to the wheel hub have a tendency to wear out much later than the universal joints typically used in front-wheel drive counterparts."

I think this is messed up, since FR cars use universal joints and FF use CV joints. I think it should go like this:

"Robustness - due to geometry and packaging constraints, the CV joints attached to the wheel hub have a tendency to wear out much sooner in front-drive wheels than the universal joints typically used in rear-wheel drive counterparts."

What do you people think? --MakE ^shout! 22:54, 20 October 2008 (UTC)