In automotive design, an RR, or rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive, layout places both the engine and drive wheels at the rear of the vehicle. In contrast to the RMR layout, the center of mass of the engin
Mercedes-Benz O500LE city bus chassis showing the engine located far behind the rear axle
Tatra 77, one of the first streamlined cars with RR platform
Volkswagen Bug/Beetle (VW Type 1)
1962 Volkswagen Beetle engine
Chevrolet Corvair
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The Chevrolet Corvair is a rear-engined, air-cooled compact car manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet over two generations from the 1960 through 1969 model years. The Corvair was a response to the in
Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout
…Renault; the A610 was a Renault product that used the Alpine name.) Early cars using the RR layout included the Tucker, Volkswagen Beetle, Porsche 356, Chevrolet Corvair, NSU Prinz, ZAZ Zaporozhets and Hino Contessa. Many modern electric cars use an RR layout for base variants with a single motor due to the low weight…
1964 Chevrolet Corvair Monza
1962 Chevrolet Corvair Monza convertible
1969 Chevrolet Corvair Monza convertible
First use of Corvair name was the 1954 Chevrolet Corvair concept car styled as a fastback