I prefer rear wheel drive

[...] General Motors Survey: One of the things that GM would like to better understand is the level of enthusiasm for rear-wheel drive versus front-wheel drive, particularly for young buyers of compact and sub-compact cars on their GM Fastlane blog. (also found on Leftlane) [...]

Did they even have to ask?

RWD Muscle!

Rear Wheel Drive For The Win

Rear-wheel drive all the way! G4 with RWD and minimum 215 HP w/ GXP pumping out 300+ as a STi/Evo killer - I’m tired of those stuck-up pricks!

Oh yes… Nomad (2003 as is) and that Borrego (sp?) Chevy concept!

But don’t stop with compacts! G8/GP on RWD, same for all upper Buick’s, same for Impala, El Camino, maybe a full-size sport sedan from Saturn to fight the likes of the RL from Acura, among other cars (GTO, Camaro, etc)

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Seriously, what were they thinking? Trying to justify FWD by using Saab’s long history of successful FWD rally cars was a bad idea. No one is yearning for a RWD Saab.

Saab showed us that FWD can work. Countless other brands have showed us that RWD works, and is no worse in bad weather.

RWD for the win.

rear wheel drive

RWD
dont have to deal with lame torque stear

I still think I prefer FWD for my 35MPG+ commuter car. But I can see why people would want RWD for hi-po sporty cars.

Chris
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RWD all the way. It was all that was available for years and people seemed to get through the snow just fine. With all the electronic nannies available it should be a no brainer.

all cars baring the name of a classic muscle car should be rwd and a manual trans standard. However the basic family car could be but not perfered fwd.

RWD!! It’s way funner! Any thing appealling to people who drive because they like driving, it’s gotta by RWD. FWD is more practical, and so that’s fine that the majority of the cars out there are FWD. But along with the super high priced RWD there needs to be a few cheaper ones out there for us not rich enthusiasts but still having a fairly big impact on the buying preference.

AWD all the best sports cars in the world have it Bugatti Veyron, Lambo, Subaru WRX, VW R32, Audi, but if it has to be one or the other Ill take FWD.

RWD, no contest, and in inclement weather if you’re not a moron RWD is just as good or better than FWD, I do take AWD over FWD but Im not a big fan of either

RWD is for high performance vehicle. All high end sports car are RWD. The best setup would be like the Acura Rl but instead of front wheel drive make it rear wheel drive. But, during any road slippage or hard acceleration the system automatically turn to all wheel drive.

who cares what they do with Corvettes…they f-ckin suck!

Rey is right about the best setup, a rwd-based awd system a la Infiniti G35x.

I prefer RWD, however, I know a bunch of moronic young execs here in Indianapolis selling their Cadillac CTS’s and Chrysler 300’s because they say RWD doesn’t work in winter. Mind you, these guys are up and comers in companies and most have professional or graduate-level degrees.

I can honestly say that having owned E30, E36 and E46 BMWs, and driven them all in winter, a nice set of winter tires will eliminate that issue. Driver education will be important.

If BMW brought the 1-series, it would instantly become my commuter car. If instead, GM built a Solstice-based wagon or coupe that sat 2 comfortably, and 4 in a pinch, I’d buy it. However, let’s make that Ecotec engine a little smoother.

Angel

AWD - Rear wheel with FWD assist on the fly when needed! Who in their right mind would want a FWD Sports car. I like many others have owned several of these kick ass cars and couldn’t imagine it being FWD! Repeating myself.. You get my point..

Fwd has too many limiting factors. You are asking the front end to pull the car, stop, steer, brake and carry all the weight of the engine and transaxle. This totally throws off the weight distribution. Has anyone ever considered why the major racing organizations consider rwd the only way to go? Also consider this, for years Chrysler (ever since the K car) has had only fwd cars. Now that they have finally come out with rwd and some horsepower to go with it, look at the popularity they are enjoying. GM may want to take notice.

even in my focus SVT i would love to have RWD and consider a new vehicle for it or modify the focus to it.

Being an owner of a GM RWD car, I say yes, they should defintely make more.

what ever they decide ya know its going to be a mistake. gm just cant make cars. im with mopargirl, GM SUCKS!

THE BEST THING IS TO HAVE A 50/50 DISTRIBUTION OF THE CAR WEIGHT EITHER LONGITUDNAL OR LATERALY I MEAN WEEL DISTRIBUTED FROM FRONT TO BACK AND FROM THE RIGHT SIDE TO THE LEFT SIDE SO I THINK REAR WHEEL DRIVE IS THE BEST WITH ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM.

Lots of posts, but the feedback was for “COMPACT” & “SUBCOMPACT” vehicles. Yes, RWD has advantages for sports cars, and yes FWD has advantages for other vehicles. Both are good, neither are bad.

I think the question we’re being asked is still a bit vague. If it is a compact or subcompact that is being geared towards a more sporty audience, then definitely go with RWD. However, if its going towards economy (i.e.-cheaper to build, less weight, and better fuel economy) than typically a FWD would be better.

I’ve had both and found that FWD only performs slightly better in wet/icy/snowy conditions (and AWD also which did best in ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS). I’ve enjoyed them all (finding that much of how a vehicle does in wet/icy/snowy conditions is driver related).

Need to look at the future of vehicles hear though. I think more RWD (sub)compacts are going to be needed, as it doesn’t appear there are to many out there. One that has a couple of options available (a model geared towards those seeking a bit more performance, and another for those looking for fuel economy).

Consider too, that, today many cars are being used for sport racing and now the popularity of ‘drifting’ is increasing. A RWD vehicle is by far a better choice for these.

Me, I’d go with the AWD, but 2nd up is going to be RWD in my book. ~ Sorry for the long post!