Focus-Ak -- Which? The Previa?
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Toyota Previa
Longitudinal and rear wheel drive, the engine sits on its side under the driver's seat. The 2.4L 4 cylinder is an over square engine with 95 mm bore and 86 mm stroke. The 5 speed has a .8 fifth and a 3.91 final which gives 2500 RPM at 65 mph. Rating is only 16/20 - 18 combined mpg. If one with a broken rear end is found, it can be change to a chevy 3.07:1 then it would run at 1980 rpm at 65 mph.
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First Pontiac showed their TranSport concept and Toyota cloned it. Then Pontiac released it's production version and it was a wedged-out shovel nose, not the bluff forebody the Previa has. If you look at the top* view Template, the maximum camber is at 60% of the wheelbase, much like the VW Beetle. Lots of potential there.
Edit: *Actually, it's the side view. The top view is at 100% of the wheelbase. There's a scaling issue—the pictures are normalized to the boattail length.