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So, if I may be so bold as to try to sum up this ever-wandering thread............
The original post was asking if a FWD car can be considered a real "sportscar. I think it pretty clear the answer is yes. Now, there may be very few FWD cars made that can claim to be sportscars but that's not the fault of the drive train layout. Its more to do with the manufacturer building certain car "types" (cheap econo-boxes) around FWD systems. Building a FWD sportscar can be done. It has been done.
The drivetrain layout has NOTHING to do with a car's ability to be a "true" sportscar by any reasonable definition.
If you tried to claim otherwise in front of the Lotus engineers themselves (some of which may have been around when the M100 was created) I'm willing to bet there's be a line up to call you an a$$, kick you squarely in the nuts and repossess your Elise/Exige.
Really. I'm serious.
Lotus knows what they're doing when it comes to engineering cars. I provided sooo much info from the Mark Hughes book on the M100, complete with engineer's quotes, such that the M100's designation as a sportscar can simply not be disputed. Ever.
Doing so is a direct insult to Lotus, their abilities and knowledge and is calling the majority of Lotus staffers liars.
You want to do that? To Kimberley's face?
Can I get in that line I just mentioned please...................
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