If you compare Type-R to any RWD car of it's range, type-R wins FOR SURE, because it's designed to be a FWD CAR WITH RWD/4WD HANDLING. Plus the weight in type-r is way less then normal RWD car...
Let's take the fact: which wheel does F1 drives in? which wheel does Porsche and Fararii (sp) drives in? (okok... Porsche does have 4wd cars.. but never FWD
) Look, for FWD, the front axle takes care for steering AND powering... which is a lot of work, and the rear axle does nothing... well except hand break. But for RWD, the front axle only does its job: steering, and the powering job goes to the rear axle. The job is done by the axles that does the job best.
People who thinks that FWD is faster BECAUSE THEY AREN'T AFARID. If you turn into a turn too quickly, FWD car will understeer, which will be solved by simply lefting the feet off the gas. But a RWD will oversteer and you'll have to correct it using BOTH you feet and hand (count-steer, or what ever you called it), and if you didn't do it good enough... BAM... Therefore people feel "safe" to go into a turn more quickly on a FWD then a RWD, which make people thinks FWD is faster. (Fact: in a corner, if both a FWD car and a RWD car is driven by the same profectional and timed, RWD is faster)
In my option, FWD is a great design... for beginner. People who wants to have the feeling of turning a turn, go for FWD. But if you really want to MASTER driving, go with RWD.
RWD DOES have it's weakness... winter. But, as one of my dealer said to me before, what people back in the old winters do when no one know what ABS stands for? Well... drive safely. A car will never be unsafe... unless the driver is.
Just my opintion above
[ June 13, 2001: Message edited by: 2JZ-GE ]
[ June 13, 2001: Message edited by: 2JZ-GE ]