Front-wheel drive

Front-wheel drive, or FWD, is a car setup, where the car's power is at the front wheels. This makes the car safe in wet and snowy conditions, because it has better traction, or grip, to the road. But, FWD can cause uneven weight, which may cause brakes to fail if used for large periods of time.

Front-wheel Drive Media

The historic 1934 Citroën Traction Avant. Its model name literally means front-wheel-drive, one of the car's break-through innovations.
Nicholas Cugnot's 1769 steam-powered gun-tractor
Gräf Front von 1898 im Technischen Museum Wien
A Henry Sutton car, built in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, in 1900, believed to be the first front wheel drive vehicle in the world. On display in 2011 at the Ballarat Heritage Festival.
Voiture Latil de 1899, à traction avant et moteur transversal. Freins aux quatre roues.
1898–1901 Victoria Combination
1925 Miller 122 Indianapolis 500 front-wheel-drive racer
The 1929 Cord L-29 (Phaeton) was the US's first front-wheel-drive production car, as well as the world's first to sport constant-velocity joints.
Constant-velocity joints allow a drive shaft to smoothly transmit power through a variable angle, at constant rotational speed.

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