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Why No-one Makes Fun RWD Cars Anymore

More videos from me:    / @andreaspetersen1   tldr: Rear-wheel drive (RWD) used to dominate the automotive landscape through the '70s, '80s, and into the early '90s, but it’s now a dying breed, only 9% of cars sold today are RWD, while 32% are front-wheel drive (FWD) and the rest, a surprising 59%, are all-wheel drive (AWD). This shift wasn’t arbitrary. FWD became popular due to its efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and packaging advantages: putting the engine, transmission, and differential over the front axle made cars more spacious, affordable, and seemingly safer—especially in bad weather where FWD’s tendency to understeer feels more manageable than RWD’s abrupt oversteer. Brands chasing mass-market safety and insurance viability pivoted accordingly, leaving RWD mainly to performance and luxury cars. Yet RWD still offers a purer, more engaging driving experience, better balance, more control at the limit, and the ability to steer with the throttle, attributes cherished by enthusiasts and race drivers. Unfortunately, average drivers don’t prioritize dynamics; they want comfort, reliability, and ease. AWD, now increasingly common thanks to hybrid tech and marketing that overstates its necessity, behaves mostly like FWD anyway, rear wheels often don’t engage unless traction is lost. In sunny cities, they may never engage at all. Enthusiasts might dream of a RWD Celica or TT, but the market doesn’t cater to us; we’re the niche. Worse still, the next generation may never get to learn in a cheap RWD beater or try a McDonald’s tray drift in the snow. So, if you care about this stuff, hit that subscribe button, we need more people who get it.