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VW Up! Gone FWD

carsportals.com — Volkswagen ’s new affordable small car range, code-named Up!, may have to be converted from rear-drive to front-drive, VW insiders have revealed. The Up! concept was revealed last year with an ultra-compact twin- or three-cylinder engine mounted under its rear seat to drive the rear wheels. But after development difficulties...

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  • liuite, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1the Pontiac Fiero was a mid-engine car and although it had great traction in the snow, the front end felt that it was drifting. Though VW has decades of experience with rear engine and rear wheel drive (bug & bus), I never would have thought locating a radiator would prove to be such much of a challenge.
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