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Originally Posted by sizzle
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You don't like front wheel drive!?
It's what touring car racing is all about!
Yeah, sure there are some BMWs in there, but they are just an oddity for variety. It's not like 2000cc naturally aspirated RWD cars have been readily available any time recently.
Yeah there is probably more torque steer when you are turning and accelerating than you might like, but tuned NA 4 cylinder engines in RWD cars are just not readily available... ^
Almost always your tuned 4 cylinders engine like your Honda K20, Renault F4R and Ford Duratec come in FWD hatches and sedans. So therefore FWD is what it's about.
^ (apart from a small number of exceptions like E30 M3, Honda S2000, MX5, Toyota 86... which are the exception that proves the rule TBH and mostly those are impractical sportscars not touring cars)
Tiff takes the Vauxhall, Toyota and BMW super tourers out for a spin...
https://youtu.be/cEfiwyiV8hs?t=4m30s
Damon Hill is most positive about the road going version of the front wheel drive Accord Type R (as raced in super touring)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPMZtAnKDuE
Road car battle royale, lots of fun: Focus vs Megane vs MINI vs Audi A1...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPnAtNbrygk
Civic Type R road car, "like a drug" around Silverstone...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cczr9EGKwVo
As you can see, drivers like Tiff and Hill can still enjoy punting a "lowly FWD econobox", race or road car, even though they have raced the fastest of the fast Formula One cars and Porsche Le Mans prototypes.