Cars that you wished were RWD - Page 3 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Shagaliscious · 10-24-2013, 05:13 PM

Haha, right before I clicked on this thread I was thinking "Honda Prelude". And what do I see in the first post, a Prelude! I had a 91, and the only thing that I would've changed on that car would be the drive wheels. It still handled really well, but RWD would've been so much more fun. A lot of people of the Prelude forums feel the same way too.

RRnold · 10-24-2013, 05:39 PM

If Honda did this, it would have been game over.

Allch Chcar · 10-24-2013, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by husker741

Mazdaspeed3. Crazy torque steer on what should be a nice, quick car.

Yup, and the new Skyactiv ones are designed to look and handle similar to a RWD car. If journalists are to be believed. They can't fix the difference in acceleration(FWD vs RWD) but they pegged most of the handling and steering parts. A RWD MS3 would be crazy good.

Levi · 10-24-2013, 06:25 PM

Alfa Romeo 159
Alfa Romeo Brera
Audi TT
Audi R8
Audi A6 (new)
Many Fords
Honda Prelude
Honda CR-Z
Handa Accord
Opel Tigra
Toyota Avensis

In fact quite many cars, maybe all good looking FWD.

Trashed675 · 10-24-2013, 06:31 PM

Nobody mentioned the GTR yet?

They used to do RWD with the older skylines, I believe they were called GTS's. I say give us something like that to be a standard 911 killer.

nalc · 10-24-2013, 06:56 PM

95-99 Maxima would have been a good RWD car. Reasonably lightweight, pretty stylish, and had one of the greatest motors of the 90s - the VQ30DE. I still miss that torque. My VQ30DE made more torque at 2,000 RPM than my FA20 makes at any RPM, in a 3,000 pound car. It was nice being able to mash the pedal at 2,500 RPM and start pulling hard. The car even had a rear beam suspension (if you're not familiar with it, it's pretty much a solid rear axle a la '60s muscle cars, except it's not connected to anything because it's FWD), so I can't imagine it would have been too much of a stretch to make it RWD.

Trashed675 · 10-24-2013, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by nalc

95-99 Maxima would have been a good RWD car. Reasonably lightweight, pretty stylish, and had one of the greatest motors of the 90s - the VQ30DE. I still miss that torque. My VQ30DE made more torque at 2,000 RPM than my FA20 makes at any RPM, in a 3,000 pound car. It was nice being able to mash the pedal at 2,500 RPM and start pulling hard. The car even had a rear beam suspension (if you're not familiar with it, it's pretty much a solid rear axle a la '60s muscle cars, except it's not connected to anything because it's FWD), so I can't imagine it would have been too much of a stretch to make it RWD.

Didn't infinity make something RWD with that engine at roughly the same time? You don't want to compete with yourself.

nalc · 10-24-2013, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Trashed675

Didn't infinity make something RWD with that engine at roughly the same time? You don't want to compete with yourself.

No, they had the J30, which was a RWD sedan that was a lot heavier than the Maxima and had a VG30 V6 (which is what was in the prior gen Maxima, before being replaced by the VQ30) with only an automatic transmission option, then in '97 they replaced it with the I30, which was just a Maxima with a different grille, headlights, trunk lid, and bumper. They didn't have a sporty RWD car until the G35 in 2003.

Dimman · 10-24-2013, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by RRnold

If Honda did this, it would have been game over.

I want that Civic Type-S2K. Bad.

DIM · 10-24-2013, 09:19 PM

This should of stayed RWD after the 3rd generation.

RRnold · 10-24-2013, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Dimman

I want that Civic Type-S2K. Bad.

Hell yeah! I like Hondas and as big as their fan base already is for a FF, a FR EG or EK would be legendary.

ZionsWrath · 10-24-2013, 10:00 PM

The 86 is what the Civic Si scene always wish the civic si was. Hands down.

6speed_Sam · 10-24-2013, 10:24 PM

My old 98 Grand Prix s/c GTP .. mmmmm 380 lb/ft of twist

akyp · 10-24-2013, 10:36 PM

Mitsubishi FTO.

With a 200ps 2L engine, if it were FR it would have been the 86 from the 1990s.

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