Rear-wheel-drive cars are beloved for their fun-to-drive nature, thrilling handling, and balanced performance. Where front-wheel drive has become the norm on passenger commuters, RWD is the gold ...

For 66 years, America's sports car maintained its front engine, rear-wheel drive layout. Until the 2020 model year, that is, when the long anticipated mid-engine Corvette burst onto the scene and ...

Lately there has been a resurgence of rear-wheel-drive family cars. And, their makers claim better traction and handling than front-drive models, thanks to sophisticated electronics.

It may seem like rear-wheel drive cars are being phased out in favor of all-wheel-drive and front-wheel drive, but there’s no need to panic about the death of RWD just yet. As it turns out ...

Front-wheel-drive (FWD) cars were cheaper to build and often resulted in roomier, more economical packaging than the rear-wheel-drive of the ’70s and ’80s. But it also meant some sacrifices to ...

For a car designed for safety and efficiency, FWD offers quite a few advantages over rear-wheel drive (RWD). For a front-engine car, having the front wheels driven means no bulky driveshaft taking ...

The classic VW Type 1 was a hit, and it was a cheap, rear-engined, rear-driven car. The new Beetle is one of VW's most expensive cars, it's front-engined, and it's front-wheel drive.

Despite our preference for rear-wheel drive, ... And without a long driveshaft, rear axle (or axles), or rear differential, front-drive vehicles carry less mass. ... Transverse Engine .

BMW's own research shows that 80 percent of customers who buy the 1 Series think their new car is front-wheel-drive. The automaker's chief executive officer, Norbert Reithofer, revealed this in an ...

The rear-wheel drive car is something of an endangered species. Aside from dedicated luxury and sports car brands, there just aren't many rear-drive cars out there. Why? It's really quite simple ...

Take a front-wheel-drive car, for example. In many of my column entries we have discussed that when you apply power, the rear squats. Therefore, the front tires become light, with the cars' weight ...