Motor vehicle

A motor vehicle, comprising:

• a vehicle frame;
• a seat for a driver of said vehicle;
• rear wheels, and axles therefor;
• two leaf springs extending rearwardly from both sides of said vehicle frame, below said seat, such that said leaf springs support said axles of said rear wheels at the rear ends of said leaf springs;
• each of said leaf springs being formed at the rear end thereof with a bearing portion for mounting said axles;
• an elastic member being sandwiched between said bearing portion and the bearing of each rear axle such that said axles are mounted elastically on said rear ends of said leaf springs;
• a power unit including an engine and a transmission case disposed between said leaf springs, in a space defined under said frame below said seat;
• an engine mounting member depending downwardly from a portion of said frame disposed above said engine;
• a pair of transversely spaced suspension members connected to said engine so as to extend upwardly therefrom, said suspension members being in turn connected to said engine mounting member;
• said suspension members being elastically connected to said engine at transversely spaced portions thereof to define two elastic support portions for said engine, and being elastically connected to said engine mounting member to define a third elastic support portion for said engine;
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• said axles of said rear wheels having the inner ends thereof rigidly supported by, and extending from opposite sides of, said transmission case such that the axes of said axles are incapable of displacement relative to each other.