Can you name any FWD sports cars?
 

I'm going to insist that the car is a sports car first and then sup'ed up. No family runabouts that got a wash of bling at a "Racing Department Tunning Shop". So no Civic TyreR, no Megane 265, definately no Clio RS or even Focus RS.

I'm going to take a stab at.

Fiat Coupe.
Hyundai Coupe.
Toyota Celica (later gen)
MR2 spider thing

Audi TT

Prelude (no 4 door version)
ITR despite what you say above
Lotus Elan
RSX (no 4 door version)
Sirocco
Alfa GTV & Spider (1993-2004)

Is the TT not 4WD?

Mitsubishi FTO or Eclipse? (It has a few names)

Honda Prelude

In the same vein Scion TC, the successor to the Celica.

I'd love to say Integra but from the outset it had a 4-door variant so it doesn't meet your criteria. However the last generation (RSX here) only came in a 2 door, may meet your criteria?

Renault and some other Euro makers might have a few:
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sports_cars"]List of sports cars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]


Edit: deliberated too long got beat to the punch on the Prelude :(

You can get a TT w/o quattro.

Also known as ... wait for it...

Rover 416i

How is a Civic Type R not a sports car?

Edit: Nevermind. Read your post again.

All but the m100 Lotus Elan were RWD. The MR2 was RWD.

Honda del Sol

CRX!

to say that the celica is a sports car and not the civic or integra r doesnt make any sense. i can tell you that the integra r gives my brz a serious run for its money in the handling department (hard to compare since my time with each was so far apart). my speed protege handles better than most "sports cars."

if you care more about where a car came from rather than how it drives now, i dont think you understand what a sports car is about.

No. FWD is not found in my definition of a sports car.

Cobalt SS, AE92 corolla, AE111 trueno,

Yeah, MR2 and MRS were RWD.

I would add the '98 Civic Si to the list of factory options:

CRX
Integra Type R
RSX-S

Also:
VW GTI
Celica GTS
Mazdaspeed3
Mini Cooper S JCW
Focus RS, Focus ST, Fiesta ST

Someone (not me) may nominate the Neon SRT4.

In your "Also:" you just listed everything that the OP already wanted excluded, boosted up economy cars.

so I guess the M3 isn't a RWD sports car then. my bad.

This, there is not such thing as a FWD sports car.

However, there are FWD sporty cars.

Lancia Fulvia HF

cuz V4 is cool ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asKuY...ature=youtu.be

It's not off a showroom floor though. So you're still right.

But FWD can still "because racecar"

I would say it depends on which gen Celica we are talking about.

The last gen Celica were FWD sporty cars. It didn't have the GT4 option.

the 3000gt was a FWD sports car :p

How could I have forgotten the ultimate example of "FWD sports car"?

The 2006-2007 Chevy Monte Carlo SS. 303hp/323tq V8 and a 4 speed auto channeled through the front wheels to 235/50R18 all-season Eagle RSA's.

Oh hells yes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrol...e_Carlo_SS.jpg

lol, FWD sports cars do not exist people. sporty FWD cars are another story.

Merriam Webster:
: a low small usually 2-passenger automobile designed for quick response, easy maneuverability, and high-speed driving


Bing Dictionary

• sports car

1. small fast car: a small car with a low center of gravity designed for fast acceleration and for handling at high speeds

Dictionary.com

sports car


noun a small, high-powered automobile with long, low lines, usually seating two persons.




World English Dictionary

sports car
— n
a production car designed for speed, high acceleration, and manoeuvrability, having a low body and usually adequate seating for only two persons

Source?


3 out 4 of those definitions above say that only seating 2 is a pre-requisite. Thus the CRX is more of a Sports Car by definition than the Twins.. you know, according to actual definitions.

Wouldn't want to be pedantic or anything.

My friends over at wikipedia disagrees.

Wikipedia is not a credible source. I could edit that article and say that Mother Theresa was a Sports Car.

Also, you didn't read the quote anyway:

More from "your friends at wiki"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Front-wheel-drive_sports_cars

They actually have a reviewer that reads everything that is edited.

Alright man, you keep enjoying your FWD sports cars :thumbsup:

Source? ME!!!

lol, so you define a sports car by what a book says. LAME!!!

i define it on how it feels and drives.

any real enthusiast knows a sports car is RWD or AWD. there is a reason why they make FWD cars. its cheaper and economical.

Racing one this weekend... for sport. :burnrubber:

FWD cars are "psuedo-sports cars", not sports cars by definition.

If you want to build a sportscar (from scratch), you'd build it with the engine closer to the center or at the back, as RWD or eventually AWD. FWD sprotscars are a result of constraints that are costly to overcome. Sports cars are about the best layout as long constraints permit it or can be overcome, FWD is not the best layout. Again a 100 PS sports car does not need to be RWD...

:laughabove:

Any "real" enthusiast... lol that's funny shit right there. :lol:

Conjecture.

Contradictory statement. In the event that you're goal is to make a 100-120hp sports car that's affordable and light wouldn't FWD work better as you're going suffer less drive-train loss and the vehicle will also be lighter? Since 100PS doesn't need to be RWD, that stand to reason a FWD layout is the best layout for a 100PS sports car.

Nothing in the definition of sports car says it has to be very powerful.

when you think of eco / family / boring cars what comes to mind. FWD :thumbsup:

By your definition a 3 wheeled vehicle, be it FWD or RWD, could be a sports car. Just by how it feels when you drive it.

I agree with you though. I definitely feel a FWD car can be classified as a sports car if it feels like a sports car.

RWD 3 wheeler > FWD 4 wheeler

maybe your driving the wrong cars ;)

alright guys, lets make everything FWD. Toyota please make the next 86 FWD so all the people on this thread can be happy. while you are at it make FT1 FWD too. please please Toyota, cause FWD rocks :D

Ahhh yes. Now the purpose of my post becomes clear. A good old controversial debate.

I think my point is, there aren't many true to the bone FWD purpose built sports cars.

Plenty of sporty re-purposed family hatchback/salons, but few thoroughbreds.

An M3 is arguably a sup'ed up executive salon. BMW didn't make a sports car and then down tune it into a 318i did they?

http://pics.imcdb.org/0ge24/249819-Reliant_Robin_2.jpg