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front-wheel drive

n. engine layout in motor vehicles where only the front wheels are driven.

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Front-wheel drive

Front-wheel drive (FWD) is a form of engine and transmission layout used in motor vehicles, where the engine drives the front wheels only. Most modern front-wheel-drive vehicles feature a transverse engine, rather than the conventional longitudinal engine arrangement generally found in rear-wheel-drive and four-wheel drive vehicles.

Usage examples of "front-wheel drive".

Now using the front-wheel drive, the rear half of the cruiser was pulled the rest of the way over the chasm.

Here the function of the Sefirah of difference is obvious, as, with a majestic sense of beauty, it distributes the cosmic forces to the Wheel of Glory and the Wheel of Victory, which in an unaborted universe (front-wheel drive) are subordinate to the motion imparted by the higher wheels.

The Zhiguli had front-wheel drive, and Arkady ploughed ahead in low gear as if he were steering a boat.

Elegantly styled, long and graceful, the car had front-wheel drive that helped to give it a low silhouette.

You take the car - it has front-wheel drive and you won't have any problem driving.

The car had front-wheel drive, and all the weight was on the back, so the tires just clawed at nothing and spun.

The car had front-wheel drive and the engine laboured as the wheels spun in the soft patches.

It was heavy, with front-wheel drive that gave her a lot of confidence in icy weather.

The superior traction of front-wheel drive wasn't likely to affect things even on the fast curves north of the mountains because there would have to be a curve that had to be driven round if the N.

But no way could be devised to keep the dust out of such moving parts as the brake drums, the ball and socket of the front-wheel drive, the control-lever linkage, the winch they were forced to use so many times, and many other moving parts.