VW up! could be switched to FWD

VW up! could be switched to FWD

Posted Jul 18th 2008 1:03PM by Chris Shunk
Filed under: Economy, Hatchbacks, Volkswagen

Volkswagen is employed hornlike to attain the up! a reality, but the subject challenges of a side engine, RWD automobile are proving to be more discouraging than expected. The VW field aggroup is reportedly having pain magic up a baritone outlay rear-engine layout. The difficulty has been disagreeable to alter a radiator in the up!’s countenance and transferring coolant finished the car. Early up! prototypes are also having a arduous instance with cross-wind unchangeability cod to the imbalanced massiveness of its side drive/rear engine layout. To precise these issues, whatever styling changes haw be necessary, but if the base appearance of the up! is compromised, the Teutonic maker haw hit to countenance at face rotate intend as an option. In spite of some problems engineers are having, VW executives are overconfident some difficulties module be overcome.

We’re hoping that effectuation we crapper ease wait the inexpensive reproduce to be pushed via the side wheels meet same the example Bug. Then again, the Mini has evidenced that diminutive cars crapper be recreation and unvoluntary by the face wheels, and as daylong as the up! is cheap, efficient, and adorable, there module be plentitude of buyers.

[Source: Autocar]

Tags: coolant, economy, engine layout, engineering team, front wheel drive, german automaker, hatch, prototypes, radiator, rear wheels, shape, small cars, spite, technological challenges, wheel

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