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Old 05-05-2023, 09:31 AM   #71 (permalink)
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Ummm the hotbox is rightly named.

This difficulty with cab forward is only when the engine wants to inhabit somewhere else during a frontal accident. Long noses, the power train tends to go underneath your seating.

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Old 05-10-2023, 12:47 AM   #72 (permalink)
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Ummm the hotbox is rightly named.

This difficulty with cab forward is only when the engine wants to inhabit somewhere else during a frontal accident. Long noses, the power train tends to go underneath your seating.
The engine in that cab-forward Kia is right below the front seats
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Old 05-10-2023, 01:39 AM   #73 (permalink)
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Front or rear wheel drive?

Like the Tempo Matador?
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Front or rear wheel drive?
RWD is the standard for 2WD versions of those Kia cabovers, but this one is 4WD


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AFAIK there were some units of the Tempo Matador imported to Brazil, yet I have never seen one. The only FWD cabover I remember seeing a reasonable amount, even considered buying one, was a Spanish Mercedes-Benz, but it had the engine in front of the transaxle, with a doghouse similar to those old-school American full-size vans, and only 2 seats.
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Have you seen the [FWD] VW Hormiga? I saw one but it was more of a farm truck.


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Have you seen the [FWD] VW Hormiga?
It was never available in Brazil.


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I saw one but it was more of a farm truck.
Back in the day, as it was FWD, most likely it would never be taken seriously as a farm truck here.

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