With the way the Drifting seen as it is and a lot of car manufactures are returning to making RWD cars once again, What are the chances Toyota could start selling a RWD Corolla?
for a bit it seemed like rwd was going to come back.
intrepid was almost rwd. Charger, solstice, s2000, 350z, g35, and so on all came out rwd
and hell lexus are rwd. So are the lincon town cars.
but seems like the chance of the fwd cars going back to rwd such as the corolla I can't see it happening. Toyota seems to be getting rid of the sportiness of their cars... The group the corolla is aimed at are familys, familys want something safe and easy to drive. Rwd can be a pain in the ass in the winter where as fwd is not. Doesn't matter to them that the parts in the fwd trannies and driveshafts take more abuse and you tend to have to replace them more because it's easier. If people cared about veihcle repairs you wouldn't see minivans on the road, since most of the new ones cost a small fortune to repair, just one bumper on ours cost about $2000
With the way the Drifting seen as it is and a lot of car manufactures are returning to making RWD cars once again, What are the chances Toyota could start selling a RWD Corolla?
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for a bit it seemed like rwd was going to come back.
intrepid was almost rwd. Charger, solstice, s2000, 350z, g35, and so on all came out rwd
and hell lexus are rwd. So are the lincon town cars.
but seems like the chance of the fwd cars going back to rwd such as the corolla I can't see it happening. Toyota seems to be getting rid of the sportiness of their cars... The group the corolla is aimed at are familys, familys want something safe and easy to drive. Rwd can be a pain in the ass in the winter where as fwd is not. Doesn't matter to them that the parts in the fwd trannies and driveshafts take more abuse and you tend to have to replace them more because it's easier. If people cared about veihcle repairs you wouldn't see minivans on the road, since most of the new ones cost a small fortune to repair, just one bumper on ours cost about $2000
RWD will always be around, those cars you listed are much sportier than a corolla and make sense to build them as RWD. Corolla is nothing more than a family econobox now a days, FWD is cheaper to make and easier to drive, there's no reason for toyota to.
The AE86 was also just after the oil shortage in the 70's. Car companies were not willing to make a Charger or IS300 at the time, due to the uncertainty of the economy yada yada yada. Wasn't the Camaro at the time like, a small V6 standard? And that was only because GM couldn't figure out how to build a 4 cylinder engine, hence the Nova.
The AE86 was also just after the oil shortage in the 70's. Car companies were not willing to make a Charger or IS300 at the time, due to the uncertainty of the economy yada yada yada. Wasn't the Camaro at the time like, a small V6 standard? And that was only because GM couldn't figure out how to build a 4 cylinder engine, hence the Nova.
v6 had always been an option well before that in the camaro's and firebirds. The 70's also had 6 cylinders but because of the body change in the 80's the nose wasn't long enough for a straight 6 so that doesn't exactly work. Not sure if it was standard in the 80's though and the v8 was an option...
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Originally Posted by AVANT
RWD will always be around, those cars you listed are much sportier than a corolla and make sense to build them as RWD. Corolla is nothing more than a family econobox now a days, FWD is cheaper to make and easier to drive, there's no reason for toyota to.
The ae86 was a small sports car then. So comparing it to things like the is300 and such makes sense to me. toyota had the making of an amazing car with the ae86 but didn't bother to continue the rwd in it. And you think if the rwd corolla came back it would be a 4 door model? I doubt that
and with the drifter thing, most of the guys doing it are in their late teens early 20's and can't afford new car unless mommy and daddy buy it for them since the insurance here for a new car and a teen driver with just liablilty is around 6000 - 7000 a year. Plus since most people can't afford the car outright it gets leased or payment at on it meaning full insurance meaning it jumps 3 - 4k! There are alot more 240's and rx7's (fc's) around with the younger people than the s2000, at least around where I live.
i'd like to see more RWD cars on the road, but i doubt it'll be happening much. i hate FWD pull when accelerating in corners with the corolla, but i love the way my old volvo pushes through with its RWD. and with most rear wheel drive cars on the roads nowadays being huge hunks, there better in the snow than most FWD cars. at least my one with bald tires in the winter is better than the rolla with brand new tires.
I'm with you my driving style works better with a rwd. Mostly because of when I think of driving a car and how it will react I think rwd. It's better if your going to push the car ever for the tire heat. I hate how much wear my front tires have been taking and how it seems they are only going to last me a year until they don't have enough tread. I also like rwd because of how the drive terrain is set up with the parts. U joints tend to last alot longer than cv joints. diff gears are easier to swap out and so on.
Only thing is with something like the ae86 you lose your independant suspension that you have in the ae92. With some of the newer ones you have independant suspension with rwd which is nice
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