<P> Experiments with front - wheel - drive cars date to the early days of the automobile . According to various sources , sometime between 1895 and 1898 Gräf & Stift built a voiturette with a one - cylinder De Dion - Bouton engine fitted in the front of the vehicle , powering the front axle . It was thus arguably the world 's first front - wheel - drive automobile , but it never saw mass production , with only one copy ever made . In 1898 , Latil , in France , devised a front - wheel - drive system for motorising horse - drawn carts . </P>
<P> Experiments with front - wheel - drive cars date to the early days of the automobile . According to various sources , sometime between 1895 and 1898 Gräf & Stift built a voiturette with a one - cylinder De Dion - Bouton engine fitted in the front of the vehicle , powering the front axle . It was thus arguably the world 's first front - wheel - drive automobile , but it never saw mass production , with only one copy ever made . In 1898 , Latil , in France , devised a front - wheel - drive system for motorising horse - drawn carts . </P>
when did front wheel drive cars come out
when did front wheel drive cars come out
sometime between 1895 and 1898
sometime between 1895 and 1898