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This is something I've wanted to discuss for a while, and I thought now might be a good time to start.

As some may know, it seems to be rather rare for any TL to try much of a divergence from the OTL evolution of the automobile(four wheeled body, engine connected to a driveshaft, etc.). A couple of Tony Jones' works have tried an exception, Cliveless World in particular; as I recall, one of the most common layouts that eventually became popular ITTL was a three-wheel arrangement in which the vehicle had two wheels on one side, for the driver and passenger, and one wheel on the other (smaller) side, presumably right around where the engine would sit. So that's one example.

What I'm interested to know is if there's any other ideas that you guys can think of; how else might the *car develop, in an alternate world?
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