AMC's 1980 Eagle pioneered the areas-ever SUV.
The recent swarm of cross-over SUVs has prompted the notion that car-based all-wheel-drive systems are new and innovative. Actually, the concept of malting every wheel a propulsion provider is rooted in early19th-century steam carriages. It made the leap to cars in 1902 when the Netherlands! Spiker brothers chose four-wheel-drive as a means of boosting the performance of their hill-climb special. Bugatti, Miller, Porsche, Ferguson, Lotus and others followed with modest success.
Subaru of America founder Harvey Lamm introduced the first factory-produced 4WD car to American customers in 1975, following his fortuitous discovery …
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