Talk:Rear-engine, rear-wheel drive layout
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[edit] Safety Issue?
- This tendency is referred to as oversteer and creates potential safety issues in racing applications as well as for ordinary drivers on wet or icy roads, although such behavior is desirable in drifting, a motorsport based on intentional oversteer.
It's hard to agree with this. Most street drivers can't handle oversteer, which is why most cars sold are designed (and adjusted) to push. Even out side of drifting, motorsports has favored the rear-engine setup. -- Mikeblas 13:20, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
I have read at many places that rear and mid engined cars are hard to drift. I can also say from first hand racing experience that when the back end of a mid engined car comes out, it really wants to spin all the way around. -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.130.33.39 (talk) 04:15, 29 July 2007
[edit] What about the 911 (modern and past)?
Most would content the Porsche 911 (including, but not limited to, the current 997 iteration) is an RR layout, refuting the statement by the article authors that the Skoda 130/135/136 was the last European RR car in production.
If indeed the 911 is to be considered an RMR layout, a citation is necessary, and it should be included the list of RMR cars in the linked RMR article.
[edit] There is something wrong with this
"Further, problems with engine cooling are commonplace. Since the radiator is not at the front of the automobile, it does not benefit from the airflow a front-engine car would readily avail of. Special ducting must be built into the body of the car to facilitate airflow to the radiator, therefore." The above statement seems downright wrong. Some rear and mid engend cars have radiators in the front, such as my MR2 spyder and the Lotus Elise. -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.130.33.39 (talk) 04:15, 29 July 2007
[edit] And This!
"For optimum traction, the engine should be nearest to the driven wheels since the engine is typically the densest/heaviest component of the car."
While the above statement is true is should also be stressed that having the main weight near the front wheels improves steering - especially in snow. It's probably better for the back end to swing out rather than not making the curve at all! 85.22.26.213 00:19, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- I beleive you're confusing traction, which refers exclusively to contact between the driving member and surface, with grip, which refers to the overall frictional hold --Oni Ookami AlfadorTalk|@ 14:27, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
