 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: sibẹsibẹ, transaxle kan ti o wa ninu apoti aluminiomu aluminiomu fun idije ni iṣeto ẹrọ-aarin ọkọ oju omi ti a ṣe apẹrẹ nipasẹ Ferdid Porsche ati ti a ṣe nipasẹ Horch ni ọdun 1933 gẹgẹbi apakan ti Auto Union Type A. Valerio Colotti ti n ṣe awọn apoti jia fun idije idije ṣaaju ọdun 1959, ati pe transaxle rẹ fun awọn ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ ere-ije-aarin ọkọ oju omi-aarin bẹrẹ ni ọjọ 10 Oṣu Karun ọdun 1959 ni : Àgbájọ eré ìdárayá Monaco lórí ọkọ Behra-Porsche. Colotti 5 iyara T.32 transaxle, eyi ti wọn kere ju 35 kg, ti wa ni lilo nipasẹ Rob Walker ni 1960. Lotus Engineering ṣe ohun transaxle fun iwaju-engine Lotus 12 ni 1957 apẹrẹ nipa Richard Ansdale ati Harry Mundy, ati yi gearbox  iyato sipo ti a gba lati midship-engine lilo fun Lotus 18 eyi ti debuted on 8 April 1960. 