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Originally Posted by layback40
Well to all you arm chair experts who wish to use what ever "science" you can claim to give an opinion on this. A university in Japan did some work for Subaru about 10 years ago. They conducted a series of tests using one of the Subaru AWD's. They undertook cornering tests with AWD, rear wheel drive only connected & front wheel drive only connected.
One of the many results was that that when they compared maximum cornering speeds of the 3 configurations, the AWD showed a significantly higher speed. This was examined at a 95% confidence level with the null hypothesis being rejected. The rear wheel / front wheel comparison did not achieve a null hypothesis rejection at the 95% confidence level.
This is very definitive & for those who wish to understand better, best remember what you were supposed to have learned 1/2 way through your undergraduate engineering studies.
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There is nothing closer to measure the all around performance of a car (whether two wheel or four wheel drive) than the FIA Rally car racing. Once again....
"4-Wheel Drive fact
The FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) is one of the world’s premier racing series. As races are held on tarmac, dirt, mud, and snow-covered stages -- no matter the weather condition -- all the top-level WRC racecars are 4-wheel drive.
Audi’s Quattro introduced 4-wheel drive to the WRC in
1980. As the Quattro was
based on an actual production car, WRC officials changed the preexisting rule banning 4-wheel drive vehicles and allowed the car to compete. The Audi quickly began to
dominate its 2WD competition, . . .
"
Read more:
4-Wheel Drive - AskMen
Read more:
4-Wheel Drive - AskMen
I don't know how one can come to the conclusion that a 2-wheel drive car will do better than a 4-wheel drive car, under any condition, unless it was driven by an "arm chair expert."