Last edited by Jim B. Ara T. I dont mind some FWD cars, they can still be made to handle well. I had a couple of Saabs. I liked them ok but the rwd car with good balance like a benz is much more pleasureable to drive and safer in snow in almost all conditions. The fwd will get you out of a parking space with a lot of snow or your driveway but in every dynamic driving condition the well balanced rwd is safer and more controllable especially in the hands of a driver who understands the difference and drives accordingly.
FWD is more space effecient and cheaper to build, but more difficult and more expensive to service. Tom W. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a turbo and a five speed manual. I also have a Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis. MS Fowler. Tom pretty much said it all. Having the front wheels pull, as opposed to the rear wheels pushing often at a tangent to the intended direction of travel , makes for better directional control.
Such is what "the public" evidently wants. On the road as of Jan 8, with Historic Tags. Jim H. Originally Posted by johnathan1. View Photos By: rickg. We've "been there, done that" on this issue here several times. FWD, great for snow, I don't care what anyone says. Normal, dry road driving, I don't really care which I drive.
How the hell can you tell, unless you're dumping the clutch everytime you take off? If you're doing that, go back to driving school. Pete Geither. View Photos By: Pete Geither. Tires, tires, tires. My wifes' E with 4 studded, narrow, snows is positively awsome in the snow and ice, as is my wagon.
She would never go near as well in a front wheel drive. What you grew up with driving has a lot to do with it. The difference is at the limit of traction. A car with equal balance like most benzes will just begin to slip sideways and will tighten its line if you let off the gas.
For my self, I much prefer it. The other thing about fwd is if you happen to find yourself on glare ice and you just let off the gas in a turn the car will lose traction. This effect is probably negated at least to some extent by modern traction and skid control devices though. Ok, so its not really a saying, but it should be. Alfa's incredible V6 engines packed a punch that the Italians otherwise surprisingly lacked in anything less than a flat-plane crank V8 or a screaming V The Alfa GTV was a drop dead gorgeous car in both Spyder and coupe form, and had the cornering abilities to challenge the other horses in Fiat SPA's stable literally, stable.
Yeah, Ferrari. It was surprisingly beautiful, considering it was one of Chris Bangle's earliest designs while he was at Pininfarina. That too was a potent FWD machine, and had the aura of a sun kissed lady who decided to don a lovely yellow summer dress. Not only did it revolutionise the way Europeans looked at the hatchback, it also surprised everyone with its nimbleness.
So much so that test-drives of the GTi by the journos would be incomplete without a snapshot of the GTi cocking a wheel and turning on three wheels like a hyper, happy dog.
Ever since, the Germans have built rock solid cars that are fast both in corners and in a straight line , frugal, easy to maintain and more reliable than someone saying the traffic in Dhaka is bad. You just accept the qualities and abilities of these cars without question.
Case in point? The British were never great though, at making front wheel drive cars that performed well. The only commendable effort in the past couple of decades being the Lotus Elan, which looked prettier than it performed.
Scroll way back into history and the original Mini was pretty zesty, but it was more of a cult symbol than a performance scorcher. The British hot hatch field only did well in 4WD layout.
The Swedish were the oddballs. Both in the way they handled fame yeah, Zlatan Ibrahimovich, we're looking at you and in the way they made, designed and marketed their cars. The obvious standout example would be the Saab Turbo, which is a car that we simply wouldn't be able to get enough of if we ever saw one up close. It looks very, very odd, but there's a hint of a Nordic charm in the front-wheel drive coupe's looks that made it unbearably attractive.
Performance wise, it was more of a perspective thing, because no one actually expects a Swedish, quirky, apparently unreliable performance FWD car to actually take a corner or go fast. However, anyone who has driven the Saab Turbo, will tell you that the aeroplane manufacturer heritage that Saab tries and fails to insist is a mark of quality, is the most evident with this goofy looking coupe.
That is precisely why they're making a comeback, with the hipster movement in America having found a car that they might want to own aside from fixie cycles. They'd be real fast hipsters. The French embraced front-wheel drive like no other. Nov 25, 2, 0 0. Originally posted by: phatcow be glad that your 2k maxima has a right fender.
Kelvrick Lifer. Feb 14, 18, 5 Originally posted by: Linux23 Originally posted by: phatcow be glad that your 2k maxima has a right fender.
I've driven FWD cars, but can hardly say I'm knowledgable about how they drive. I've probably spent 2 hours behind the wheel of one in my life.
If your wondering what your car looks like if something big hits you. TuffGuy Diamond Member. Jul 6, 6, 0 0. I had intended to keep it forever since it's the first car that I bought myself, but torque steer sucks. Nov 21, 19, 1, You have got to be kidding. I mean seriously, nothing about rear wheel drive enhances the way a car drives over something "metallic" in the road.
Adjust to the torque steer, if you haven't already, and be glad to have FWD when the snows come, or it gets slick out. If you think an SUV will improve your handling in the wet, then you are one of the boneheads I will be passing in the ditch this winter.
Jan 12, 5, 1 Ih8canada Senior member. Jan 21, 0 0. Nefrodite Banned. Feb 15, 7, 0 0. Squisher Lifer. Aug 17, 21, 65 Originally posted by: skyking You have got to be kidding. It is not the performance advantage of all wheel drive that gets people into trouble with them: It is the percieved advantage.
Do they steer better under moderate power? I see tons of wrecks caused by this percieved need.
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