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Offline Scaerio

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Re: The Affordable RWD Coupes Are Coming!
« Reply #20 on: June 06, 2008, 03:01:16 pm »
Quote from: ilovecables on June 06, 2008, 06:17:04 am
Not to hijack the thread - what bonehead decided to put the drive wheels up front in the first place?
It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature.  :P

You bought a FWD car...
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Re: The Affordable RWD Coupes Are Coming!
« Reply #21 on: June 06, 2008, 03:08:46 pm »
Quote from: Scaerio on June 06, 2008, 03:01:16 pm
Quote from: ilovecables on June 06, 2008, 06:17:04 am
Not to hijack the thread - what bonehead decided to put the drive wheels up front in the first place?
It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature.  :P

You bought a FWD car...

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Re: The Affordable RWD Coupes Are Coming!
« Reply #22 on: June 06, 2008, 03:09:56 pm »
Guilty as charged - at the time, there were no affordable RWD new vehicles on the road that could haul the family - I wanted to get a pickup, but couldn't convince the SO.
Must admit, even for a FWD, it's a blast to drive.   8)

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Re: The Affordable RWD Coupes Are Coming!
« Reply #23 on: June 06, 2008, 03:39:38 pm »
Quote from: ilovecables on June 06, 2008, 06:17:04 am
Not to hijack the thread - what bonehead decided to put the drive wheels up front in the first place?
It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature.  :P



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Re: The Affordable RWD Coupes Are Coming!
« Reply #24 on: June 06, 2008, 04:01:49 pm »
Hmm, learn something new everyday!

Not to say that FWD is bad - it has it's merits, but IMHO, when it comes to power, it belongs in the back.  Thankfully that way of thinking is coming full circle for performance coupes/sedans.
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Re: The Affordable RWD Coupes Are Coming!
« Reply #25 on: June 06, 2008, 04:36:58 pm »
..Issigonis.....hope he's inna FRONT LINE fer Greece in the EURO 2008 Kerfuffle..... 8) 8) 8).........Greek Magnets tour the Balerics...... :think:
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Re: The Affordable RWD Coupes Are Coming!
« Reply #26 on: June 06, 2008, 04:55:13 pm »
Quote from: ilovecables on June 06, 2008, 04:01:49 pm
Hmm, learn something new everyday!

Not to say that FWD is bad - it has it's merits, but IMHO, when it comes to power, it belongs in the back.  Thankfully that way of thinking is coming full circle for performance coupes/sedans.
It never went away for performance cars.    BMW, M-B, Porsche, Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini.
The Mustang, Corvette, Camaro.
Rx7/8  Mr2  Supra,     Lotus.   Countless small production brit sports cars.

It is a marvellous thing that tire manufacturers have done over the years to make FWD cars as good as they are.

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Re: The Affordable RWD Coupes Are Coming!
« Reply #27 on: June 06, 2008, 04:59:47 pm »
Too true - there have been a number of attempts to make a FWD car perform like the RWD real deals as you've noted above - it seems that the front wheels when asked to steer and put lots of power down to the pavement can't manage to do both very well.
My 2 cents.
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Re: The Affordable RWD Coupes Are Coming!
« Reply #28 on: June 06, 2008, 05:55:35 pm »
FWD has its limitations as a performance car. When manufactures design torque steer mitigation by retarding power output to the front wheels depending on a number of factors it defeats the purpose of performance IMHO.
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Re: The Affordable RWD Coupes Are Coming!
« Reply #29 on: June 06, 2008, 06:38:14 pm »
Exactly  ;D
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Re: The Affordable RWD Coupes Are Coming!
« Reply #30 on: June 06, 2008, 07:42:18 pm »
Hmm.... 2010 eh? I might be ready to try something different. But 2010 should be the intro of the 16x!  :-*
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Re: The Affordable RWD Coupes Are Coming!
« Reply #31 on: June 06, 2008, 07:49:59 pm »
For some reason I think 2010 model year may be a new set of emission or economy controls.
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Re: The Affordable RWD Coupes Are Coming!
« Reply #32 on: June 06, 2008, 08:34:36 pm »
 :-\ It's been rumoured before with previous generations of the Miata and never arrived but here it is again.



http://www.fomoconews.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1815



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Re: The Affordable RWD Coupes Are Coming!
« Reply #33 on: June 07, 2008, 05:34:13 pm »
Quote from: ilovecables on June 06, 2008, 03:09:56 pm
Guilty as charged - at the time, there were no affordable RWD new vehicles on the road that could haul the family - I wanted to get a pickup, but couldn't convince the SO.
Must admit, even for a FWD, it's a blast to drive.   8)

I almost bought a Kia Spectra GSX when I was shopping for a car in the summer of 2005.  One of the Kia dealers had 2004 one hanging around, but it was a 5-speed and I was looking for abn auto.  They were trying to get rid of it and were only asking about $15,000...
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Re: The Affordable RWD Coupes Are Coming!
« Reply #34 on: June 08, 2008, 12:16:57 am »
I drove the 2005 new body style, didn't like it, and it was smaller than the '04 (same as the '02)
Plus I like 'em even more as they are fewer on the road.  8)
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Re: The Affordable RWD Coupes Are Coming!
« Reply #35 on: June 08, 2008, 02:09:20 am »
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It's been rumoured before with previous generations of the Miata and never arrived but here it is again.

There was a Miata/MX5 based coupe but it never arrived in NA, a shame really...

http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_shows/03sema_miatacoupe/index.html
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