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front-wheel drive

automotive transmission where the engine drives the front wheels only
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front-wheel drive

Summary

front-wheel drive ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (875 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • front-wheel drive is a type of gearbox[2].
  • front-wheel drive's Commons category is recorded as Front-wheel drive[3].
  • front-wheel drive is the opposite of rear-wheel drive[4].
  • front-wheel drive's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Front-wheel-drive vehicles[5].
  • front-wheel drive's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'FWD'}[6].

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Definition and Type

front-wheel drive is a type of gearbox[2]. It is the opposite of rear-wheel drive[4].

Why It Matters

front-wheel drive ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (875 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → gearbox
    Topic's main category → Category:Front-wheel-drive vehicles
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25719, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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