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If you look at the weight restrictions on touring car racing, the 4 wheel drive cars must weigh most, the RWD cars are in the middle while the FWD cars can weigh the least. The rules are like this to compensate for the inequality of designs. Given equal weights and power/torque, and a dry track, 4 WD would always win, RWD comes in second, and FWD comes in third.
In the snow, FWD is better than RWD. In the dry, RWD is advantageous. When conditions are good, you are asking the front wheels to do double duty - accelerate and steer. I believe someone already mentioned this.
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Lawrence
1986 951
2002 SLK32 AMG
1987 328GTS
2011 528i
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