Abstract
Throughout the world's automotive industry, a great deal of thought is currently being directed towards achieving power transmission layouts which are both compact and weight-saving and which achieve the desired distribution of vehicle weight. This trend is particularly noticeable in Europe, where success in the market place depends to a large extent on giving greatest passenger space for the customer's money.
However, it was on a very non-European passenger car that a product was introduced which is now helping designers obtain maximum transmission compactness at minimum cost. The car was the Oldsmobile Toronado, and the product the Morse Hy-Vo® inverted tooth chain.
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