Re: Before computers we used to make stuff that worked
Alec Issigonis was tasked with bettering the Isetta and VW Beetle.
He copied the flat Isetta front, and used a VW style rear mounted engine.
Unfortunately due to the above mentioned rotation snafu, they had to turn the seats around at the last minute, and call it front wheel drive. Unfortunately that left the ignition facing the rain.
So you see that was not caused by incompetence at all.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
