axle
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In order to achieve this salutary ratio, the engineers located the eight-speed, dual-clutch transmission at the rear axle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Norris was not at one with the car, was finding it difficult to feel the front axle when he was trying to take it to the limit in qualifying.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025
Although Piastri was almost fully alongside Antonelli on the pit straight and entering the braking zone, his front axle was no longer alongside the mirror of Antonelli's car at the apex.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025
If the AWD detects a sustained loss of traction at the rear it can route up to 369 lb-ft to the front axle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
Slender iron rods just two and a half inches thick and eighty feet long linked the rim, or felloe, of each wheel to a “spider” affixed to the axle.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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