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Originally Posted by PhlypSide
After a few days at the other thread, it would appear that the overwhelming majority of folks here wouldn't have bought their Elise/Exige if it were somehow a FWD car ( I think this is indicative of what happened to the M100):
http://www.elisetalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32285
89.90% so far say nope, wouldn't buy a Lotus today if it were FWD. |
No you idiot, because if the Elise/Exige
was front wheel drive it would have been a completely different car (looks and performance wise). And like I said in that thread, having a mid ship motor and a drive train up to the front is completely illogical. Due to the size though it would probably would have performed alot better than many other cars out there. I've seen some CRX's hold their own on a road course, and thats about what a FWD Elise would be like.
Now I have no problems with FWD, but I am not going to spend $50K-$60K dollars on a car and it be FWD. Now does that indicate that I'm acknowledging that FWD is not the optimal platform? Yes it does. However I still stand by and point to the
fact that FWD cars can be formidiable opponents in the real world.
You must be a standup guy in your mind.