Patent ID: 8281891

Claim:
A four-wheel drive vehicle comprising: a two-cylinder engine; a front wheel arranged to rotate due to a driving force of the engine; a rear wheel arranged to rotate due to the driving force of the engine; a crankshaft arranged in a widthwise direction of the vehicle to receive the driving force of the engine; a secondary shaft arranged parallel or substantially parallel to the crankshaft; a belt continuously variable transmission arranged to couple a first axial end of the crankshaft and a first axial end of the secondary shaft and to transmit a rotation of the crankshaft to the secondary shaft; a cam chain arranged between a crank web of the crankshaft and the belt continuously variable transmission; and a drive shaft arranged under the cam chain and at least partly overlapping a pulley in the continuously variable transmission when seen in an axial direction of the crankshaft to transmit rotation of the secondary shaft to the front wheel and the rear wheel.