Arrangement of a motor vehicle driving engine

Abstract

A motor vehicle driving engine arrangement for use in vehicles with an extremely short forward portion in which the engine is reliably prevented from penetrating into the passenger compartment. The driving engine is installed at an acute angle while being sloped with respect to the horizontal line that important areas of the driving engine extend behind the front axle. A downward-pointing rigid sliding surface is formed by an area of an end wall face approximately parallel to the acute angle for the driving engine which is displaceable toward the rear during a frontal impact. Forward and rearward engine mounts or bearings of an auxiliary frame carrying the driving engine are constructed or dimensioned so that, during a frontal impact, the driving engine remains connected with the vehicle via the forward engine mounts or bearings of an auxiliary frame carrying the driving engine, while the rearward engine mounts or bearings of an auxiliary frame carrying the driving engine are destroyed or released.

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