Among gearheads, an engine at the front, a manual gearbox in the middle, and the drive going to the rear wheels is the quintessential driver's car. Modern all-wheel-drive cars can handle impressively, ...

Max Verstappen despises cars that use front-wheel drive, declaring it “the worst thing ever.” Verstappen has driven rear-wheel drive for the entirety of his career, from go-karts to Formula 1. In a ...

Actively reporting, writing, and editing on automotive news and since 2021, Dave has brought his acerbic wit and love of European car culture to brands such as HotCars, CarBuzz,and TopSpeed.

As far as power goes, the trickiest vehicle layout to deal with is front-wheel-drive. As the front wheels also take care of the steering and the majority of the braking, asking them to also deal with ...

As Mini's parent company BMW moves closer to unveiling production versions of its Neue Klasse, the name for its next generation of electric vehicles, it's becoming clear that single-motor cars on this ...

One of the very first elements any automotive designer must consider is where to locate the engine. Whether it's a typical internal-combustion powerplant or electric motors, engines require a lot of ...

Three-wheeled cars are already a pretty unique bunch, but the Dragonfly Three Wheeler stands out even amongst them. It features a novel drivetrain layout which is claimed to boost traction and ...

The reason why Corvettes, which have had some very powerful engines, switched from front-engined to mid-engined behind the driver dates back to the distant past. It was less than 10 years since the ...

French car company Citroën made a four-wheel-drive 2CV in the 1950s by installing a second engine in the trunk to spin the rear wheels. Fast-forward to 2025 and an enthusiast has applied this ...