What FWD car would you make RWD?

[Stick Legs]

Wish were rear drive:

Peugeot 406 V6 Coupe.

VW Scirocco Mk1.

Wish were four wheel drive:

Focus RS.

Mini Cooper S R53.

Volvo 850 T5R

Wish were Front drive:

Nothing.

[njw1]

Ford Focus and Mondeo, with the Mondeo there's actually plenty of room underneath for a propshaft and diff due to them being based on a 4wd floorplan

[fieldmau5]

MC Bodge said:

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

Not in RWD but there's plenty of haldex cars I think should just be FWD. The AWD just adds unnecessary weight and drivetrian loss.

[jjones]

honda jazz, OAP drift club yoooooooo

[GTiWILL]

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?

Yep..that’s the one!

[MitchT]

CanAm said:

Lotus Elan



Photo added to avoid confusion!

Edited by CanAm on Monday 8th June 19:35

First thing I thought before I even opened the thread. It looks like a mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive car.

[GTiWILL]

Stick Legs said:

Wish were rear drive:

Peugeot 406 V6 Coupe.

VW Scirocco Mk1.

Wish were four wheel drive:

Focus RS.

Mini Cooper S R53.

Volvo 850 T5R

Wish were Front drive:

Nothing.

You had me until the MINI! I think all MINI hatches should be FWD due to the heritage of the original Mini being FWD.

[ging84]

All of them

[A Winner Is You]

Celica

[Clivey]

All FWD BMWs!

[waynedear]

Alfa 155
Ford Puma

[aeropilot]

Sevenon said:

Mk1 Ford Focus RS

Lots of rwd Focus Mk1's around....although most have V8's in them

[Phunk]

MitchT said:

CanAm said:

Lotus Elan



Photo added to avoid confusion!

Edited by CanAm on Monday 8th June 19:35

First thing I thought before I even opened the thread. It looks like a mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive car.

I used to own one and read a bit into the development of it and why they made it FWD. They did tests comparing FWD vs RWD and found that FWD was faster in the majority of situations. It was a great steer and handled really well with quite an unusual front setup for that vastly reduced torque steer.

[CanAm]

GTiWILL said:

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?

Yep..that’s the one!

The Lotus Elan M100 had an Isuzu powertrain and after production ceased the design was produced for a short period by Kia with their own 1800cc N/A unit, I think.
I’d like “my” RWD version to have a Ford Duratec unit with about 200 bhp.

[unsprung]

Puddenchucker said:

Alfa Romeo GTV 3.0 V6 and Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo.

GTiWILL said:

Fiat Barchetta.

I came here for these three. No-brainers, really.

Might have been magical, back in the day.

[cologne2792]

I have one of these as a daily driver. Pininfarina did all the cool stuff and Peugeot the oily bits.
It's a great fun, comfortable thing when driven normally but as soon as you start to push it there's rather a lot of surrender.

Weirdly, in normal use it feels much more together than the 406 saloon or estate who seem to behave much better under pressure.
Perhaps it's an Italian thing...

[Mr Tidy]

cologne2792 said:

I have one of these as a daily driver. Pininfarina did all the cool stuff and Peugeot the oily bits.
It's a great fun, comfortable thing when driven normally but as soon as you start to push it there's rather a lot of surrender.

Weirdly, in normal use it feels much more together than the 406 saloon or estate who seem to behave much better under pressure.
Perhaps it's an Italian thing...

That looks great, but if you wanted RWD there was the 504 Coupe some of which had V6 engines and looked stunning!

[cologne2792]

Mr Tidy said:

cologne2792 said:

I have one of these as a daily driver. Pininfarina did all the cool stuff and Peugeot the oily bits.
It's a great fun, comfortable thing when driven normally but as soon as you start to push it there's rather a lot of surrender.

Weirdly, in normal use it feels much more together than the 406 saloon or estate who seem to behave much better under pressure.
Perhaps it's an Italian thing...

That looks great, but if you wanted RWD there was the 504 Coupe some of which had V6 engines and looked stunning!

The 504 coupe and convertibles were glorious things. Rather costly these days too.

[Toltec]

MC Bodge said:

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

Ssangyong Rodius?

[Toltec]

Peugeot RCZ
Hyundai Coupe