Emile Levassor and Rene Panhard (France) established the present design of cars - with the engine in front.
Levassor and Panhard were partners in a woodworking machinery business. They were commissioned to build Daimler engines by a solicitor name Edouard Sarazin, who held the patent for France. Levassor initially experimented with the engine in the rear, but later moved its position to the front of the car. The classic design had an upright Daimler engine, a pedal-operated clutch, change-speed gear box which drove the rear axle, front radiator and wooden ladder-chassis. The design came to be known as the Systeme Panhard, and was the forerunner of the modern cars.
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