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Originally Posted by Captain Snooze
I assume you are asking why I stated "BMW marketing" because I'm not sure what your question is.
In addition to @ strat61caster's reply I shall quote myself:
In road cars the weight distribution is a minor statistic that is incorporated into the rest of the car's design.
I have never found an article, written by an engineer, explaining the benefits of 50/50 distribution though there are plenty of forum jockeys spreading the BMW faith. |
It has nothing to do with 50/50 being a magical number. It's really just the more towards the back the weight is in a RWD car, the better traction you have. However, there is a balance, because you also want the pivot around the center quickly to be able to change directions more easily.
50/50 to maybe 48/52 is just about the best most production front-engine cars can do due to the weight of the engine up in the front of the car. The real ideal weight distribution is something like 40/60 to 37/63 in a mid-engine car to get the most traction and best polar moment of inertia.