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Originally Posted by Whitigir
RWD has oversteer, FWD have understeer problem.
RWD = pretty much bad in the snow, where you loose traction and got stuck.
RWD = Fun Factors
FWD = Safe and Easy
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Not so. Understeer and oversteer are almost always due to where the engine mass is located, no so much which wheels are driven. For example the Camaro, Mustang, Challenger and Cadillac CTS-V are all front engine-rear wheel drive. They all understeer when pushed hard. Porsche 911s were famous for their oversteer charecteristics and they are RWD but they are also rear engine.
Any car, including both FWD and RWD can be engineered to be nuetral or oversteer through use of tire sizes, sway bars, struts/shocks and other suspension tweaks. They do that in race cars all the time but for road cars and the average mom and pop (and son) drivers understeer is almost always safer.