I am a RWD car enthusiast, and I would like to explain why for me RWD cars are overall superior to FWD cars. 1) the engine and driveline laid out in a longditudunal fashion give better overall weight distribution from front to rear, unlike a fwd car which carries most of its mass in front of the front axle line. The better weight distribution on a RWD car translates to stable braking, more control, more safety, more stability, more traction. 2) Comparing the kerb weights of similar sized passenger cars say for example a BMW 116i (1,245kg) and a VW Golf Trendline 1.6 (1240kg), if there is a weight saving advantage in using a fwd layout, the manufacturers haven't utilised it. 3) Understeering in a FWD and colliding head-on into oncoming traffic or stationary objects can in itself be quite dangerous. In a RWD car, if the level of rear wheel grip is exceeded and the vehicle does begin to oversteer, one eases off the throttle and/or applies some opposite steering lock to correct and continue along the desired cornering line. Severe understeer in a FWD car can easily then turn into snap oversteer if the driver backs off the accelerator too quickly or is hamfisted and jumps onto the brakes, as per point one, most of the mass is over the front, leaving the rear end very light in comparison and less stable when horizontal cornering forces are in play allowing the rear end to swing around and end up making the car and driver come to a standstill facing the direction they just came from. Oversteer in a FWD is far more difficult to correct than in a RWD car, but understeer can be corrected as easily in a RWD car as a FWD car can. 4) A RWD car is easier to control. Much more control is available to the driver via throttle input than would be the case in a FWD car. Understeer? Reduce throttle. Oversteer? Reduce throttle. The better weight distribution of the RWD car, with more weight over the rear wheels as well as the fronts keeps the car more stable and therefore the not so skilled driver has a better chance of regaining control of the car rather than spinning out of control, or understeering into objects, the skilled driver will use this balance to actually increase cornering speeds in a way not achievable in a FWD car. Much more so in both cases when a limited slip differential is fitted. Wheelspin? Then ease off the throttle dummy duh? Am I biased? No I drive a FWD car. But I do prefer RWD any day. If you haven't owned one before or driven one long term, you'll never understand how better balanced they are. Where a FWD has advantages, is in packaging, allowing for shorter overall designs because of the layout of the engine/driveline, it allows for much shorter bonnet lines which is a big advantage in small car design. The original Mini took full advantage of this trait at the time it was designed. Small cars have since followed the same trend. A look at the very clever designed Mitsubishi i small car with its rear engine rear wheel drive layout shows not all small cars have to be FWD to have lots of space for their size and shows engineers dont see FWD to be the only alternative.