r/lada

A four-wheel-drive Lada Samara T3 at the 1990 Paris–Dakar Rally.

The most intense moment occurred just one kilometer from the finish line: Jérôme Rivière drove at full speed over a competitor’s motorcycle, which had fallen in the sand.

Judging by the motorcyclist’s reaction, he was not thrilled by this encounter with the Samara T3.

Rivière himself ultimately took 11th place overall, while his teammate, Jackie Ix, driving the same Samara T3, finished seventh overall.

And the Honda Africa Twin seems capable of surviving just about anything.

Blogger KhaDm even posted a kinematic diagram of the new unit showing a longitudinal cross-section.

Note that this is a two-shaft gearbox. This means the output shaft will rotate in the opposite direction. Consequently, the transfer case must also be a two-shaft unit to reverse the direction of rotation back.

It is evident that this solution is based on a transmission from FWD vehicles (designed for transverse mounting) and is sourced from "Eastern partners."