Any rumors about the RX8 getting AWD any time in the future?
06-17-2004, 10:26 AM
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Originally posted by Rotary Nut
Giving the 8 AWD will give it blistering acceleration and better grip in the twisties! Especially in the wet. With AWD stomping on the gas will give you neck snapping launches, just what you need to dust the posers out there.
I think it could be done as there is ample room in front of the engine for placement of the front axle!
My '02 Passat W8 had AWD and it would launch like the space shuttle. ZERO wheel spin and all four tires providing the power make for one heck of a ride!
Giving the 8 AWD will give it blistering acceleration and better grip in the twisties! Especially in the wet. With AWD stomping on the gas will give you neck snapping launches, just what you need to dust the posers out there.
I think it could be done as there is ample room in front of the engine for placement of the front axle!
My '02 Passat W8 had AWD and it would launch like the space shuttle. ZERO wheel spin and all four tires providing the power make for one heck of a ride!
Also, it forces AWD and FWD Audis (and VWs) to create a rather unconfortable ride by stiffening the front supsension (and the rear too to keep the balance right) in order to deliver a car that has handling characteristics in a par with the direct competition (BMW!). I hate my wife's Audi A4 Avant quattro for this crashy ride (and for its diesel engine a bit too...).
Proof of all this : Audi A4 will be RWD by 2009 and Passat 2005 will be based on a VW's own tranversally engined FWD platform.
For the rest, indeed it's great and increases your confidence on the road.
06-17-2004, 10:51 AM
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Originally posted by Rotary Nut
Giving the 8 AWD will give it blistering acceleration and better grip in the twisties! Especially in the wet. With AWD stomping on the gas will give you neck snapping launches, just what you need to dust the posers out there.
I think it could be done as there is ample room in front of the engine for placement of the front axle!
My '02 Passat W8 had AWD and it would launch like the space shuttle. ZERO wheel spin and all four tires providing the power make for one heck of a ride!
Giving the 8 AWD will give it blistering acceleration and better grip in the twisties! Especially in the wet. With AWD stomping on the gas will give you neck snapping launches, just what you need to dust the posers out there.
I think it could be done as there is ample room in front of the engine for placement of the front axle!
My '02 Passat W8 had AWD and it would launch like the space shuttle. ZERO wheel spin and all four tires providing the power make for one heck of a ride!
When i read this, i kinda felt like rotary nut was alittle ignorent. To add 300lbs to a car with already low torque would kill the acceleration. In addition, the added weight in front of the engine (for the gearbox, driveshaft, any aditional required mechanics) would not be good for this cars famous handling. It would just cause more understeer because of the aditional weight on the front wheels.
AWD would not give more of a "neck snaping" accelearation, but rather the snap would be more subdued because of the greater powertrain loss.
06-17-2004, 08:11 PM
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Originally posted by BasenjiGuy
Why give the car AWD?! What makes it so much fun is its near-neutral handling balance and the ease at which the car can be throttle-steered. Giving the RX-8 AWD would like castrating the car!
Why give the car AWD?! What makes it so much fun is its near-neutral handling balance and the ease at which the car can be throttle-steered. Giving the RX-8 AWD would like castrating the car!
I agree...AWD is for rally guys or the geeks that have to have big numbers. I don't appreciate the small gain in performance for the gain in weight and complexity that it has. That and the fact that most AWD cars on the market are based on
FWD cars...I don't like them.....
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