Patent ID: 7168518

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: a first drive wheel; a second drive wheel; an engine disposed between the first and second drive wheels; a first transaxle supporting the first drive wheel, the first transaxle including a first input shaft extending laterally with respect to the vehicle; a second transaxle supporting the second drive wheel, the second transaxle including a second input shaft disposed at a substantially lateral central portion of the vehicle and extending toward the first transaxle; a belt stepless transmission disposed on one of left and right sides of the first transaxle and drivingly interposed between the engine and the first input shaft; and a power transmission member drivingly interposed between the first transaxle and the second input shaft, the power transmission member including a first transmission shaft extending from the first transaxle in the substantially exact fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle and disposed on the other of the right and left sides of the first transaxle, and a second transmission shaft extending laterally slantwise when viewed in plan and interposed between the first transmission shaft and the second input shaft.