Guest Posted March 14, 2001 Share Posted March 14, 2001 I would like to know who manufactured the first front wheel car and the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ply33 Posted March 14, 2001 Share Posted March 14, 2001 Without checking references, I would hazard a guess that Harry Miller had put a front wheel drive car on the road in the 1900-1910 time frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaCarGuy Posted March 15, 2001 Share Posted March 15, 2001 Technically? Cugnot in France, 1790 built a leviathon steam-powered 3-wheeler which had it's first run , and first wreck, in 1790-1791. Frontmobile was in about 1902,....but you asked about the FIRST front-wheel drive,...that was Cugnot. It is always difficult to determine firsts, without making mention of both the successes, and the failures. Commercial front-wheel drive success came FIRST in tractors, not automobiles, and it took a number of years to translate success and prosperity to a front-wheel drive. Be more specific about the type drive you mean, geared, belt, chain, friction or elliptic. The first truly successful front wheeler in the US was the Cord L-29,.....in 1929,..others came first, but few had much success. the first really successful four-wheel drive was the FWD which was seen climbing court house steps in several cities by 1903,...I would consider this the FIRST successful car,...it was bought out by General motors, and never followed up on. I doubt this answers fully your question, but, as I said,..one must be very specific when dealing with firsts.<P>RS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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