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PastorCharlie
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Jun 14, 2017

Is It A Rear Engine Or Rear Drive That Makes It A Pusher?

All vehicles except those that are front wheel drive propel the vehicle from the rear. Front engines with rear wheel drive are pushers. Why the big effort to segarate vehicle drives by engine cho...
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valhalla360
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Jun 14, 2017
It's just a description of where the engine is mounted. As the wheel base gets longer, there are design advantages to putting the engine in the back closer to the drive axle.

It does often get used as a hint that it's a more expensive unit as your more expensive units tend to be DPs and a lot of your less expensive units tend to be front engine.

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