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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:49 pm
by FSL
[quote=Sarookh;20971]Quiz:

What year was the first four wheel drive car ever built and what nationality???[/quote]

Detailed Answer here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-wheel_drive :011:

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:10 pm
by caprihorse
[quote=FSL;20972]Detailed Answer here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-wheel_drive :011:[/quote]

FSL, wake up and improve your Googling, currently at Newbie level :038:

http://www.4x4abc.com/4WD101/who.html

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:11 pm
by caprihorse
[quote=Sarookh;20971]Quiz:

What year was the first four wheel drive car ever built and what nationality???[/quote]

Ferdinand Porsche (Germany) at the age of 25...

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:42 pm
by FSL
[quote=caprihorse;20974]FSL, wake up and improve your Googling, currently at Newbie level :038:

http://www.4x4abc.com/4WD101/who.html[/quote]

it's there on the link i posted but few paragraphs below... the correct link is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-wheel_drive#History

I'm sure you'll give me a new star now chief :015:

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:23 pm
by Sarookh
[quote=caprihorse;20975]Ferdinand Porsche (Germany) at the age of 25...[/quote]

Am afraid not;

"In 1893, before the establishment of a modern automotive industry in Britain, English engineer Bramah Joseph Diplock patented a four-wheel-drive system for a traction engine, including four-wheel steering and three differentials, which was subsequently built. The development also incorporated Bramah's Pedrail wheel system in what was one of the first four-wheel-drive automobiles to display an intentional ability to travel on challenging road surfaces. It stemmed from Bramagh's previous idea of developing an engine that would reduce the amount of damage to public roads."

Above is as per wikipedia :015:

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:21 pm
by caprihorse
[quote=FSL;20976]it's there on the link i posted but few paragraphs below... the correct link is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-wheel_drive#History

I'm sure you'll give me a new star now chief :015:[/quote]

Still not any stars for you, keep reading..

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:23 pm
by makoo
bantam 1940, U.S.A

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:25 pm
by caprihorse
[quote=Sarookh;20978]Am afraid not;

"In 1893, before the establishment of a modern automotive industry in Britain, English engineer Bramah Joseph Diplock patented a four-wheel-drive system for a traction engine, including four-wheel steering and three differentials, which was subsequently built. The development also incorporated Bramah's Pedrail wheel system in what was one of the first four-wheel-drive automobiles to display an intentional ability to travel on challenging road surfaces. It stemmed from Bramagh's previous idea of developing an engine that would reduce the amount of damage to public roads."

Above is as per wikipedia :015:[/quote]

English engineer Bramah Joseph Diplock patented a four-wheel-drive system for a traction engine, including four-wheel steering and three differentials, which was subsequently built....
Check this - http://www.4wdonline.com/A/History.html

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:27 pm
by caprihorse
[quote=makoo;20981]bantam 1940, U.S.A[/quote]

Makoo, we're talking 19th century, not 20th...

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:43 pm
by makoo
oh i thought oldest car brand :( should have read the question more carefully :D