What FWD car would you make RWD?

[pigeyman]

BMW M135i.....again.

[CanAm]

GTiWILL said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

CanAm said:

Lotus Elan

Are you waiting for a bite?

I think he’s onto something, assuming he means the second generation and not the first

M100 obviously. Photo now added.

[adf83]

Alfa 156 GTA I think would be a good shout.

[Equus]

Alfa GTV. This one:

[richs2891]

No one mention Pug 205 GTI yet ?

[Leins]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

GTiWILL said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

CanAm said:

Lotus Elan

Are you waiting for a bite?

I think he’s onto something, assuming he means the second generation and not the first

You mean the Isuzu?

Or the Kia?

[Meridius]

As well as the other Alfas mentioned

Alfa Romeo 164, they did do an AWD Q4 version so the platform is there. Probably not actually that hard to make one RWD with drivetrain from an Alfa 75 / 90 or something.

Edited by Meridius on Monday 8th June 19:57

[Little Pete]

richs2891 said:

No one mention Pug 205 GTI yet ?

I was just about to. Some years ago I built an engine for a 205 rwd tarmac rally car. It was an extremely well balanced car and a beast on the stages. I would have made an awesome road car.

[aka_kerrly]

Jonesy77 said:

Corrado VR6

Been done, first one I saw was using a E30 BMW rear end with a custom prop and more recently using a Haldex rear end crafted from a mk4 golf and no drive shafts in the front.

There is what looks like a Honda Integra Dc2 which is RWD but it's actually a sn95 Mustang chassis engine an running gear with Integra panels crafted on.

Sometimes though it's still better to have a really good fwd chassis that was designed that way rather than a hacked about rwd that wasn't really designed for it. Things like weight distribution need to be considered carefully.

[DrEMa]

Mitsubishi for

Accord type r

Peugeot 405 mi16 and the 407 coupe

[TheOctaneAddict]

Honda prelude

[braddo]

Some mentioned already but

A few alfas - 90s GTV, 164, 156, 159.

Peugeot 406

Volvo 850 and first V60

Lancia 8.32
(And related Saab 9000)

[Sevenon]

Mk1 Ford Focus RS

[ReaperCushions]

GTiWILL said:

Fiat Barchetta.



Edited to add image.

Beat me to it. Criminal that this was FWD.

[ReaperCushions]

Also.. this...

[cerb4.5lee]

Sevenon said:

Mk1 Ford Focus RS

I always wanted the S1 Escort RS Turbo to be RWD.

[Sevenon]

pigeyman said:

BMW M135i.....again.

Are the new ones FWD? Wow, didn't know that. Another reason why the previous gen with 3.0litre 6 cylinder is the sweet spot?!

[Dracoro]

Way back when, I sold my Corrado VR6 as I wanted to go RWD. I think the Corrado VR6 would have worked really well as RWD (I would have probably kept if had it have nee music)

[Tickle]

Honda Civic FD2

[MC Bodge]

Are there any cars that people would prefer to be front wheel drive?