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Originally Posted by chaoskaze
? O.o really? 50/50 ?How?
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Yes, 50/50 static weight distribution is marketing material. If you go through and engineer the dynamics of a vehicle you want a weight distribution that's closer to 40/60 rear bias for maximum grip and responsiveness, and that's during movement so aero and power application begins to take effect so what the weight distribution while it's sitting still is a relevant, but small piece of the picture when it comes to handling.
The trick is that rear bias is better for handling purposes (look at an F1 car, all the current hyper cars, they're all 45/55 to 35-65, the pinacles of performance end up there and it's not a mistake or compromise, giant rear wings are used because of this as well, also a contributing factor for the 911's success, and this doesn't benefit FWD cars as much) and with most mass market cars you're stuck with the engine up front so any shift rearward is something to be celebrated by the few engineers who cared to put the work in (Mazda and BMW are the few still putting in the effort).