REAR ENGINE REAR WHEEL DRIVE

Rear engine rear wheel drive

• Rear-engine, Rear-wheel-drive layout places both the engine and drive wheels at the rear of the vehicle.
  

Advantages

• Better road adhesion preferably on steep hills and while accelerating with increased weight on the driving wheels.
• Generally a proportional part of weight of the car is transferred to the front wheels while braking. Therefore, due to the firm road surface contact maintained by rear engined car results in assistance to stopping of the vehicle.
• In this arrangement, front wheels are only for steering purposes.
• The necessaity of the propeller shaft is altogether eliminated due to the combination of engine, gear box and final drive. This also requires only one common oil sump.
• Good visibility and stream lining is provided by proper design of vehicle front.