Originally posted by Andy W.:

Bull [censored]! I have a rear wheel drive pickup. And in snow or Ice with winter tires, It doesnt move with out 4WD. I try it allt he time.

My roommates brand new 350 handled like dick in the snow. While slowing around a corner and then going up a hill it would not move. Traction control cannot put more weight on the rear of the car for the tires to grip. Not to mention the wide tires of sports cars are worse than the thin tires.

You wanna know the cars I pushed out of parking spots last winter, a BMW 3 series and an RX-7. The wieght advantage over the wheels on a FWD cars is obvious.

If everyone on the road was a world class driver it's might now matter, but 90% are unskilled idiots.

And you all are thinking of the niche sports car enthusiasts market not the mass buyers. What keeps the Mustang in production. Not the Cobras, Billet, and GT's it's the V6s.

Ford isn't trying to compete with BMW and D/C, they are trying to compete with Honda, Toyota, and Nissan.

-Andy



I had to drive a Delta 88 (and others since) in the snow. Its really not that difficult. Maybe you should let go of the fact that there's snow and ice on the ground and you cannot drive like its hot pavement.

There's also a lot of things you're incorrect about as well.

You have the best throttle control with RWD, and it shows in the snow -- besides, all modern RWD cars come with some form of tc so driving a rwd car should be no more difficult than a FWD.