The general layout of the motorcycle hasn’t changed much throughout history. There’s an engine or electric motor bolted to the frame, and via a chain, belt, or driveshaft, it drives the rear wheel.

Max Verstappen despises cars that use front-wheel drive, declaring it “the worst thing ever.” Verstappen has driven rear-wheel drive for the entirety of his career, from go-karts to Formula 1. In a ...

The 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado did something almost no American car had dared to do in decades: it put a huge V8’s power through the front wheels and wrapped the result in a sleek, luxury coupe body.