Abstract: A drive train for vehicles is provided, having an internal-combustion engine, to which a flange of a transmission housing is flangedly connected. A crankshaft of the internal-combustion engine is connected by way of an intermediate element with a drive flange of a torque converter of the transmission arranged in the area of the flange. The drive flange of the torque converter is screwed to the intermediate element via several connecting screws arranged in a distributed manner along a circumference of the intermediate element. Viewed from the transmission in the direction of the internal-combustion engine, the connecting screws are screwed at an angle diagonally toward the interior into the intermediate element. The intermediate element has a central part, which is made of spring steel, is elastic in the manner of a cup spring, and has several radially projecting spring arms.