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Why FWD? 850

posted by  Andrew Woods on  Mon Feb 4 14:14 CST 2002
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I had a feeling that fuel economy and emissions played a role in inplementing FWD into newer cars. It seems to me that there's a lot less heavy moving parts, driveshaft, larger transmission, and the rearend.

I still prefer taking my RWD 245 out in the snow over my mothers 99 Nissan altima. I feel that RWD is more predictable and easier to drive, but I've driven RWD cars a lot more..

I think that Volvo did a great job with their FWD cars, they drive very well and even when driving hard you kinda have to remind yourself you're in a FWD car.
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My 91 245






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