FWD vs RWD vs AWD: Know How to Handle Your Junk! - The Racing Line Ep. 9

Front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, and all-wheel drive—we all know they are different, but how do they affect the handling of each car? On this episode of BFGoodrich’s The Racing Line presented by Tire Rack, Randy Pobst takes out the Mazda Miata, Ford Focus ST, and Subaru WRX STI to find out!

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[andraewilliams]

Doing donuts while reversing is the coolest and funniest way i ever saw it done. lol Randy you the best.

[niksarass]

In reverse, a FWD becomes a RWD with rear engine

[andrechristiansen]

my driving style is to go full bonkers while listening to running in the 90s

[jacksonsweet]

"Nothing comes out of the corner as ferociously as an all-wheel drive car."
Takumi: hold my tofu

[ZephyrCorsa]

The ND MX5, Focus ST, and the 2015 WRX STi are some great looking cars

[tjay]

Torque Steer isn't caused by the front wheels having to do too many things. It is caused by unequal length driveshafts.. A fwd car with a longitudinal engine will not torque steer..

[Sbayo]

This guy sounds and speaks like Scotty Kilmer :D

[mannyhunt]

I can't get over the feeling that this was filmed in a Window's Vista wallpaper...Oh, and nice vid.

[Grypool]

Haha I love this, this guy is awesome.

[HarmanMotorWorks]

FWD also has less power losses through the drivetrain in general

[RanninRavensight]

He says to pick your drivetrain, by I say you should always race with the car you have. I think you can have equal amounts of fun in all sorts of cars as long as you know the car well.

[shobin]

I wish they made it longer for this particular episode. I think there could be a lot more techniques to learn rather than just 1 corner.  Also would be great if they could show us randy's foot work when taking a corner like one of those best motoring shows.

[benjaminmasters]

Great video, very professional, great host, and u explain how the things work with those little diagrams, great oh and RWD is best for me, will never give up my RWD truck

[LuX]

Now the REAL question:

How do I drive a car in the first place?

[CobraDBlade]

I'd be interested in seeing an example like this comparing front engine RWD, mid engine RWD, and rear engine RWD. Where that lump of an engine sits changes the driving dynamics considerably.

[hectorae]

0:34 "for track work, this is the ideal configuration for 2 wheel My MR2 wants to let you know it feels offended.

[robotfishFX]

Where tf is this location. Looks like a racetrack planted in the windows background

[CPerry-yqfj]

Sort of a Bill Nye the science guy motor head thang.... nice.

[Dr_Monitor]

I've been driving FWD cars since I learned to drive. I have driven a few RWD cars, and have nearly ended my life in all of them (I'm used to understeer!).

[dronepicsbh]

OMG. One of finest videos about cars I ever seen on youtube. Simple, objective, clear, clear, direct, without any kind of bullshit.
Awesome! Thank you. Hugs from Brasil.