| The drive layout is the arrangement of the | | | | driven axles are placed at the rear connected |
| engine, transmission, and driven axles. The types | | | | through the driveshaft. With this kind of layout, |
| of drive layouts are Front engine Front wheel | | | | installation of more powerful engine such as V8, |
| drive (FF/ FWD), Front engine Rear wheel drive | | | | V10 and V12 is not a problem. Since the FR has a |
| (FR/RWD), Mid engine Rear wheel drive(MR), Rear | | | | driveshaft, central tunnel is present in this layout a |
| engine Rear wheel drive(RR), Four wheel drive | | | | little interior space is sacrificed. All of the |
| (4WD or 4x4) and the All Wheel Drive(AWD). | | | | disadvantages of the FF layout are the |
| Each of these layouts has their own performance, | | | | advantages of FR layout. |
| advantages and disadvantages. | | | | Mid Engine Rear wheel drive (MR) - The drive |
| Front engine Front wheel drive (FF/FWD) - The | | | | layout that consumes a lot of interior space of |
| Engine and the two driven axles are placed in | | | | the car especially the seating capacity, the engine |
| front, where the power from the engine is | | | | is placed in the middle of the chassis and the |
| transferred straight to the front wheels. This | | | | driven axles are at the rear. Although it has more |
| layout increases the interior space especially in | | | | weight at the rear, entering a corner makes it |
| small cars because there is no central tunnel | | | | more difficult because the front tires have less |
| needed for the driveshaft. FF layout has | | | | traction resulting to understeer and since the rear |
| advantage when it comes on low grip surfaces, | | | | is heavy, the car tends to oversteer when exiting |
| and its tendency to understeer reduces the risk | | | | a corner. This kind of layout is commonly used in |
| of losing control. The disadvantage is the load | | | | racing cars and sports cars because of weight |
| placed on the front tires. The front tires must | | | | distribution focused in the center of the car. |
| transfer all acceleration, steering, cornering, and | | | | Rear engine Rear wheel drive (RR) - This layout |
| braking forces to the road. This kind of tasks | | | | places both engine and the driven axle at the rear |
| gives a lot of stress in front tires which may lead | | | | of the vehicle, even though the rear wheels |
| to wear and tear, while the rear tires have very | | | | benefit from the additional grip due to the added |
| little load on them. | | | | weight given by the engine, the front wheels still |
| Front engine Rear wheel drive (FR/ RWD) - This | | | | need grip in order to steer the car effectively. |
| is the complement of FF layout, where the engine | | | | That's why RR layout car can also be prone to |
| is placed longitudinally at the front but the two | | | | understeer. |