Q: Hi, Greg, and thanks for helping me with this question. Who
marketed the first front-wheel drive car, either foreign or
domestic? Thanks much, Larry F., old-timer from New England. A:
Larry, the first consumer-available front-wheel drive, mass-
marketed car came from the DKW F1 from Germany in 1931. Other
German car producers, of which there were many back then,
followed, as Stoewer later in 1931 offered a front drive. In
1932, the Adler car company released a front drive, followed by
Audi in 1933. To this day, Audi and its Quattro all-wheel-drive
is the most respected, be it front drive or all-wheel drive. In
1934, French manufacturer Citroen joined the fray. The first
American manufacturer with front drive is a toss-up between
Ruxton and Cord, both who tried in 1929 but never sold enough
cars to be labeled as mass-produced. BSA, the motorcycle name
from overseas, sold a three-wheeled front-drive machine in 1929
with success, but we can’t include any “less than four wheel”
vehicles on this list. Personally