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Technology in conversation (5) - Front report - or - where the horses are pawing

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Created on June 20, 2020

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Gerhard Schütz

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Citroën Traction Avant Vorderachse

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Citroën Traction Avant 11 BL (1939) - Frontantrieb schon vor dem Krieg - 100 Jahre Citroën - Genfer Automobilsalon 2019

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Der erste Fronttriebler von Gräf, 1898. Form follows function – nicht alt, einfach perfekt.

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Starre Vorderachse mit zwei Kreuzgelenken beim Gräf von 1898

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Kreuzgelenke. Evaluation für den Citroen Traction Avant

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Citroën HY als Viehtransporter

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Citroën HY mit Pritsche und Kabine

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Citroën HY als Basis für ein "fliegendes" Ladenlokal

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Citroën HY - Skelett für Ladenversion

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190 Prozent des mittleren Estimates bot der neue Besitzer dieses patinierten Citroën HY - RM/Sotheby's Versteigerung in Paris 2019

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Citroën HY (1960) - der damalige Handwerkerwagen als Aushängeschild - Techno Classica 2016

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Oldsmobile Toronado (1967) - noch im alten und ursprünglichen Kleid

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Oldsmobile Toronado (1966) - Durchsichtszeichnung des Fronttieblers

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Christie, 1904, mit Quermotor, 55 Jahre vor dem Mini

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Gregory Rennwagen mit vorderer De-Dion-Achse, 1920

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Miller Indy-Rennwagen, 1927

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Miller in Monza, im Jahr 1929

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Unabhängige Vorderradaufhängung am Tracta Sport: Federung über zwei vertikale Federbeine, konzentrisch mit der Lenkachse. Die beiden horizontalen Tragrohre sind fester Teil des Chassis. Antriebswellen mit je zwei Tracta- Gleichlaufgelenken und Längenausgleich. Ganz vorne die Spurstange der Lenkung.

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Cord 1930 Cord L-29 Cabriolet (1930) - als Lot 481 verkauft an der Bonhams Tupelo Automobile Museum Versteigerung am 27. April 2019

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Cord L-29 Cabriolet (1931) – versteigert als Lot 256 durch RM Auction London 8./9. September 2013

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Amilcar Compound (1938) - Präsentation am Genfer Autosalon von 1938

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Amilcar Compound (1938) - Chassis und Frontmotor

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Panhard Dyna (1952) - drei Ausführungen des Fronttrieblers

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Panhard Dyna (1946) - Blick auf den Zweizylinder-Boxer

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Bucciali, Supersportwagen mit Frontantrieb

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Frontantrieb beim Bucciali

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Bucciali (1931) - Frontantriebs-Chassis

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Der Frontantrieb des Bucciali

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Bucciali, Vorderachse mit Quergetriebe

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Das Bucciali Quergetriebe

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Blick auf das Chassis des Bucciali

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Kühlerfigur von Bucciali

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Stoewer V5 (1930) - Viersitzige Rolldach-Limousine

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DKW F5 Roadster (1935) - hübsches Cabriolet - Classic-Gala Schwetzingen 2017

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Pläne für einen Mercedes-Volkswagen mit Frontantrieb und Quermotor

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Mercedes-Benz 130 (1934) - die zweitürige Limousine

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Citroën Traction AVant 15-6

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Citroën 11 Légère (1946) - Seitenansicht des Nachkriegsmodelles

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Citroën Traction Avant (1949) - Alpenfahrt im Jahr 1950

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Citroën Traction Avant (1950) - Werbung aus dem Jahre 1950 -

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Austin Mini (1957) - eine der frühen Skizzen von Issigonis, der Kühler liegt noch rechts (ungefähr 1957)

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Austin Mini Cooper (1966) - an der Rallye Monte Carlo 1966

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Autobianchi Primula (1965) - Durchsichtszeichnung

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Renault 4 L (1961) - Kofferraum

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Renault 16 (1969) - von schräg vorne

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Simca 1100 (1968) - mit breit ausladender Hecktüre - Genfer Autosalon 1968

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Ford Taunus 12 M (1962) - Durchsichtszeichnung - P4 im Profil

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Ford Taunus 12 M TS (1963) - Fronttriebwagen mit V4-Zylindermotor von 1,5 Litern Hubraum und 62 SAE-PS

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Saab 92 (1953) - mit Zweitaktmotor - am Automobilsalon in Genf 1953

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Projekt für den Käfer-Nachfolger, mit liegendem Zentralmotor unter dem Rücksitz

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Der Spit-Fire mit Frontantrieb und Allradlenkung, Indy 1967

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Die Hinterradlenkung des Spit-Fire; neu auch die gelochten Bremsscheiben

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Summary

Front-wheel drive is older than most people think, and it wasn't Citroën who invented it. The history of the front-wheel drive car goes back to 1898, but there were good reasons why this drive system did not become established until much later. It is impossible to imagine the modern automobile without front-wheel drive, but it took a lot of ingenuity to get there. Why and how this all happened, we let the two buddies Albert and Exbert explain in conversation ...

Estimated reading time: 22min

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Colleagues Albert and Exbert have come together once again to have a petrol conversation ... Albert: Robert is angry. Exbert: He always is. A: Yes, he is. But this time it's particularly serious. I teased him about being a know-it-all, a pedant, and I wouldn't be surprised if he claimed to know the inventor of the adjustable rear-view mirror. E: That's funny. A: Maybe for us. But he was deeply offended and swore to keep his knowledge to himself in future . E: We can cope with that. Tell me, speaking of inventing things: Do you know who invented the front-wheel drive?

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