Side-by-side ATV

An all-terrain vehicle including:

• a frame, comprising a front frame portion, a mid frame portion and a rear frame portion;
• a front suspension supported by the front frame portion;
• at least two front wheels coupled to the front suspension;
• a front differential supported by the front frame portion and drivingly coupled to the front wheels;
• a seating area supported by the mid frame portion, comprising side by side bucket seats having a seat back and a seat bottom;
• an engine supported by the rear frame portion, the engine positioned rearwardly of the seating area, and each seat bottom has a seating surface with a low point of the seating surface being below a top of the engine, the spaced-apart seating surfaces including a driver seating surface and a passenger seating surface;
• a transmission coupled to the engine;
• a rear suspension supported by the rear frame portion;
• at least two rear wheels coupled to the rear suspension;
• a rear differential supported by the rear frame portion and drivingly coupled to the rear wheels;
• a front drive shaft extending between the transmission and the front differential for coupling the transmission to the front wheels;
• a rear drive shaft extending between the transmission and the rear differential for coupling the transmission to the rear wheels;
• a protective panel positioned between the pair of laterally spaced-apart seating surfaces and the engine wherein the front driveshaft extends under the protective panel;
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• a fuel tank being positioned below one of the seating surfaces.