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One of the big negatives to sportiness in FWD cars has always been torque steer. But that is due to unequal-length driveshafts, not strictly the FWD-ness. A F

• vlan0 4y ago
  That’s the truth. Track performance on the Civic type R was surprising.
• olyjohn 4y ago
  They have been selling FWD cars for years with equal length shafts. It helps, but does not solve the problem. The newer, fancy suspension setups like the Civic Type R (mentioned in reply to you) get rid of most of the torque steer, but it's still there. If anything, all the extra bottom end torque from an electric motor is going to cause worse torque steer. The problem will not be solved by electric motors alone.
• dumbfounder 4y ago
  Very high performance != Fun. They are different. They say Miatas are fun to drive, and they are cheap, and therefore popular to race. But they are definitely not fast cars. I have never driven one, but I have always favored RWD cars, and never driven a FWD car that is anywhere near as fun. But that said, I haven't driven everything.
  • ethbr0 4y ago
    I came in a little hot trying to catch a yellow light on a left hand turn (US) and powerslid a Miata perfectly across 4 lanes... my second month of owning one and driving stick. That's the day I fell in love with 50/50 weight distribution, rear wheel drive, and low and light weight.
    • zemvpferreira 4y ago
      Please don't drive recklessly on public roads. Take it to a track if you want to go 'hot'. You'll have more fun and not put others in danger.
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      • ghostpepper 4y ago
        It doesn't sound to me like it was intentional
        • rationalist 4y ago
          > trying to catch a yellow light It sounds very intentional and reckless.
          • ethbr0 4y ago
            Other countries and yourself may be different, but you'd find it difficult to find a US driver who has not tried to catch a yellow light.
            • zemvpferreira 4y ago
              I have tried to catch many a yellow light myself and am still to slide one lane, let alone 4. Don't try to catch it from a mile away.
              • ethbr0 4y ago
                Have you ever driven a manual Miata?
  • B1FF_PSUVM 4y ago
    > != Fun You know what's not fun? Reading about a RWD car that slid into a roadside tree, killing the mother and child who had no training in drifting, like 99% of drivers. RWD cars, even with modern ESP etc, should simply not be sold to untrained drivers.
    • tadfisher 4y ago
      That's a little overblown, IMO. A FWD car is perfectly capable of understeering into the same tree.
• ezzaf 4y ago
  "A FWD EV shouldn't suffer from torque steer." The torque steer in my FWD EV (BYD Atto) is horrendous. Sure its possible to use clever engineering to manage it, but just switching to EVs isn't going to magically make torque steer go away.