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Old 14 December 2008, 11:48 AM
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Default How many mainstream manufacturers make a good rear wheel drive these days

BMW, AUDI, MERC - Is there any others - Vauxhall (Monaro) i wouldn't neccessarily call that mainstream though.
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I can't think of a RWD Audi. Could just be having a dense Sunday morning though.
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I was thinking about some of the older stuff - like the Audi 80. But having said that I don't really know much about Audi.

Merc and BMW I know more about
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Jaguar ! XJR, XF SV8 (and 5.0 500bhp XF-R soon !) XKR......... All great cars that compete with anything German and mainstream !
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Suppose it all depends on your definition of good and mainstream !

Honda - S2000
Mazda MX-5
Porsche
Lexus
Bently
Rolls Royce
Maserati
Caterham

Wasnt the Audi 80 fwd ?

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Old 14 December 2008, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by TheVoices
Jaguar ! XJR, XF SV8 (and 5.0 500bhp XF-R soon !) XKR......... All great cars that compete with anything German and mainstream !
I had thought about Jag but wasn't sure if it was mainstream. I guess it is if we are comparing merc and BMW.

I am trying to think of something more down market though but cant think of any.
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Originally Posted by rsarjantson

Wasnt the Audi 80 fwd ?
Probably TBH
Old 14 December 2008, 02:12 PM
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what about nissan they've got the 350z and mazda with both the mx-5 and rx-8.
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Thought Lexus were FWD?
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All Lexus are RWD.

apart from the pseudo-off-road thing, that's 4WD of course.

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Renault Clio V6, well, its a mainstream manufacturer anyway. Just make sure you can varify it wasn't made on a Friday.
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