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rear-wheel drive

automotive design where the engine drives the rear wheels only
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rear-wheel drive

Summary

rear-wheel drive ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (538 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • rear-wheel drive is a type of gearbox[2].
  • rear-wheel drive is part of powertrain[3].
  • rear-wheel drive is the opposite of front-wheel drive[4].
  • rear-wheel drive's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rear-wheel-drive vehicles[5].
  • rear-wheel drive's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'RWD'}[6].
  • rear-wheel drive's different from is recorded as rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout[7].

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Definition and Type

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

Use and Application

rear-wheel drive is part of powertrain[3].

Why It Matters

rear-wheel drive ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (538 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Rear-wheel-drive vehicles
    Subclass of → —
    Opposite of → front-wheel drive
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25718, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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