1-194-006 - National Motor Museum/Heritage Images

Cord L29 parked outside a showroom, USA, c1929-c1930. The Cord L29 was the first production front wheel drive car made in America. Although EL Cord, owner of the Auburn Automobile Company, predicted that front drive would be adopted by the automobile industry within a few years of the L29's introduction, general production of front wheel drive did not occur for another half a century.