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Again without anymore disrespect for the M100 Elan, I think FWD Lotus cars are extinct for a reason, and it ain't just because they were too expen$ive to make.
From what I read (and thanks Elanlover for posting it), it sounds like in the 80s Lotus jumped on the FWD bandwagon, but of course did it with Lotus engineering and Lotus passion, which resulted in a remarkable car. But that having been said, this whole situation really does sound bandwagonish.
I think the M100 was a hop on the let's all go FWD train from the 1980s that, sadly, most automakers (save the exotics and luxo guys like Benz and BMW) jumped into with both feet. Volvo even went retarded (IMO) and went FWD from RWD, as did Cadillac (thank goodness for the XLR and CTS).
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I think the people that actually care about performance and more than point A to point B driving, are going to start realizing that FWD is for appliance cars and minivans and start looking for RWD and AWD vehicles. All the ricers (hopefully) will eventually grow up and not want a Civic or RSX like everyone else, and instead will "graduate" to cars like S2000s and 350Z's (IMO, this is already happening).[/NOT DIRECTED AT M100]
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