Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

Claus-Dieter Unfried

Robert Owen

Jan Hogenmüller

Ulrich Huelsemann

Roland-Gerhard Stromsky

Marcos Garcia Garcia

Jürgen Metzler

Ulrich Hülsemann

A crash support assembly is provided in the tunnel region of a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle has at least one exhaust tract guided through a tunnel of the vehicle and seat cross members are disposed to the side of the tunnel. A crash support is held on the exhaust tract and is disposed such that it swings freely between the seat cross members. A crash support of this type permits the vehicle to be optimized with regard to the conditions of a pole crash with a low outlay on production and assembly.

Crash support in the tunnel region of a motor vehicle

Exhaust pipe

This drive assembly is suitable for a motor vehicle, particularly a passenger car of the sportscar type, and comprises an internal-combustion engine, a clutch and a transmission which form a constructional unit. The drive assembly is fastened by means of several bearings on a carrying structure of a vehicle body of the passenger car. For an advantageous installation of the drive assembly, a first bearing interacting with a first bearing receiving device of the carrying structure is provided approximately in a longitudinal center plane of the passenger car on a free side of the internal-combustion engine, in which case, a second bearing and a third bearing are mounted outside the longitudinal center plane in the area of a free end of the transmission, which hold second and third bearing receiving devices of the carrying structure in position.

Drive assembly for a motor vehicle

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Markgroeningen, Germany

Claus-Dieter Unfried