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	Toyota.com : Help : Glossary
		Referring to a vehicle's wheel alignment, it is the proper adjustment of a vehicle that uses the front and rear suspension for camber, toe, caster and ride height.
		TRAC helps to avoid slippage of the driving wheels by slightly applying the brake on a slipping drive wheel and reducing the throttle to maintain traction according to the road surface conditions.
		The horizontal distance from the center of the vehicle's front wheel to the center of the rear wheel.
	www.toyota.com /html/help/glossary.html (11249 words)

	CanadianDriver: Front wheel drive vs rear wheel drive
		We used to have predominately rear wheel drive (RWD) automobiles on the road, but by the late 1970's, front wheel drive (FWD) vehicles were beginning to dominate.
		Rear tire traction is decreased and the car may swap ends on icy roads easier.
		RWD is used on all the world's fastest road course race cars and many performance production vehicles for this reason.
	www.canadiandriver.com /articles/jk/020619.htm (827 words)

	drive blog: Is front-wheel drive better than rear-wheel drive?
		Front wheel drive cars are also safer for the vast majority of drivers because they understeer, a more predictable and recoverable characteristic than oversteer.
		A rear wheel drive balances wear between tyres, pushing the rears and the fronts are left to do what they are meant to do..
		Now, I have a Toyota -front wheel drive and the best value for money in any car I've owned and, given the fact that most cars on the roads today are either front wheel drive or all wheel drive, the rear wheel drive argument is not the force it once was.
	blogs.drive.com.au /2006/07/is_frontwheel_drive_better_tha.html (3314 words)

	Funth!ngs :: Autothing Articles- "Why Rear-Wheel Drive Rules!"
		This transfers weight to the rear wheels -- away from the driving wheels in a FWD car but toward the driving wheels in a rear-drive car, where it adds to available traction.
		In rear-drive cars, the rear wheels tend to lose traction first, and the rear of the car threatens to swing around and pass the front end -- "oversteer." If you go too fast into a corner in an oversteering car, the car will tend to spin and fly off the road rear end first.
		To control an oversteering skid, where the rear wheels are heading for the weeds, you have to both slow down and counter intuitively turn the wheel in the opposite of the direction you're turning.
	www.autothing.com /funthings/Articles/funthings-articles-rearwheel.htm (2422 words)

	Rear Wheel Drive vs Front Wheel Drive - maXForums
		A rear wheel drive car has more potential than a front wheel drive car, even if both cars are well designed, even The Honda S2000 is rear wheel drive and so is the Acura NSX, there is a reason for that.
		RWD handles better as it allows to rear wheels to focus on moving the car, and the front wheels to focus on steering the car.
		When a rear wheel drive car launches, it forces the car to hop backwards(amount of hop depends on the amount of torque) hence the introduction of wheelie bars.
	www.maxbimmer.com /forums/showthread.php?t=56761 (1560 words)

	Rear-wheel drive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rear-wheel drive (or RWD for short) was a common engine/transmission layout used in automobiles throughout the 20th century.
		On snow and ice, rear wheel drive is dangerous because once the car has started skidding, the car can often spin several laps before it regains traction.
		With rear wheel drive the only thing the driver can do is disengage the clutch and wait for the car to stop spinning.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rear_wheel_drive (920 words)

	CanadianDriver: Auto Tech - Rear wheel drive is back!
		With front wheel drive cars, the majority of cornering traction and all acceleration traction must be carried by the front tires.
		While front wheel drive would appear to have won the cost battle, there is more to cost than just building the vehicle.
		When a mechanical problem develops in the driveline of a rear wheel drive vehicle, the labour it takes to remove and install components is usually much less because of easier mechanical access.
	www.canadiandriver.com /articles/jk/040331.htm (792 words)

	Enjoy The Drive -- A Better Rear End
		If you're really interested in sending equal power to both wheels--or to the wheel that has more traction--and you aren't really concerned about cornering, an even more effective upgrade is a locker.
		However, a rear end with a locker in it is not going to be too happy going around corners, and it will make quite a lot of noise on the street.
		Rear end gear selection must take into account your transmission's gearing, the speeds at which your engine makes power and your wheel and tire combination in the rear.
	www.enjoythedrive.com /content/?id=7024 (591 words)

	RearWheelDrive.ORG
		RearWheelDrive.Org is dedicated to allowing motorists to choose rear wheel drive on the cars they purchase.
		RearWheelDrive.Org is not opposed to front or four wheel drive cars.
		Encourage automakers to build rear wheel drive cars.
	www.rearwheeldrive.org /rwd (103 words)

	4 wheel drive part \| CAR TRANSMISSION \| Differential
		Depending on the vehicle’s design, engine power is transmitted by the transmission to the front wheels, the rear wheels, or to all four wheels.
		The wheels receiving power are called drive wheels: They propel the vehicle forward or backward.
		In front-wheel drive, the differential is on the front axle and the connections to the transmission are much shorter.
	www.auuuu.com /cars/10.html (276 words)

	FR layout - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In automobile design, an FR, or front-engine, rear wheel drive means a layout where the engine is in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear.
		Placing the drive wheels at the rear allows ample room for the transmission in the center of the vehicle and avoids the mechanical problems of transmitting drive to steered wheels.
		Many of the newest models have adopted all wheel drive, and some, like the Chrysler 300 are switching back to the FR layout.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/FR_layout (489 words)

	Rear-Drive Revival - MSN Autos
		Some two decades after American automakers began switching their cars from rear-wheel drive, where rear wheels propel the car forward, to front-wheel drive, where front wheels get the engine power and pull the vehicle along the pavement, automakers are bringing new rear-wheel-drive models to showrooms.
		In other words, if someone drives the car to a situation where the ESP or the traction control can't compensate, the vehicle systems won't be able to stop a skid or loss of control.
		This unnerving sensation of the steering wheel seeming to jerk from your hand to one side or the other during a brisk acceleration from startup is created in front-wheel-drive cars because the front wheels must handle two duties: moving the car forward and steering.
	autos.msn.com /advice/article.aspx?contentid=4022487 (1376 words)

	Epinions.com - Why Rear-Wheel Drive For Sports Car Better
		Rear wheel drive provides better handling through better weight distribution (front wheel drive cars tend to have irregular weight distribution, i.e.
		Rear wheel drive cars have better weight distribution since driveshaft, rear differential and power transferring rear axle add weight in back.
		RWD cars have better handling in turns and sometimes provide "fun to drive" element with oversteer.
	www.epinions.com /auto-review-29AF-D5B5AC5-394D2268-prod5 (607 words)

	Inside Line: What Wheel Drive? - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Performance goes up because now the two rear wheels handle the duties of acceleration, leaving the front wheels to focus solely on directing the vehicle (plus the majority of braking).
		This layout is also more challenging to drive in inclement weather where, without the aid of traction control, a RWD car can more easily end up on somebody's front lawn or stuck in a ditch.
		The "all" part of all-wheel drive is a bit misleading since the majority of AWD vehicles use the front wheels primarily and only direct power to the rear wheels when a sensor detects front-wheel slip.
	www.edmunds.com /insideline/do/Features/articleId=43847 (1205 words)

	www.recumbents.com - Front wheel drive, Rear wheel steer
		That way, when the bike is moving, drag would force the rear wheel into a naturally straight postion.
		A conventional front fork with proper rake and trail is inherently stable in that it will try to point in whatever direction the center of mass on the bike is moving in.
		The reason that forks use rake (head tube angle) is so that bumps tend to push the fork UP instead of just backwards--and then trail is added to cause the fork to be self-pointing, by placing the pivot axis forward of the tire's contact patch.
	www.recumbents.com /forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=85 (748 words)

	Rear-wheel drive cars taking Detroit back to the future - Apr. 14, 2004
		Rear-wheel drive balances the weight between the front and the back of the car more evenly, giving a car better cornering capabilities than front-wheel-drive vehicles.
		The Big Three are adding rear-wheel drive primarily in the luxury car segment, not the mid-size family sedan (where import competitors still tend to have front-wheel drive).
		The full-size front-wheel drive Seville is being replaced with the rear-wheel-drive STS.
	money.cnn.com /2004/04/14/pf/autos/rear_wheel_drive (810 words)

	Article: Front vs Rear Wheel Drive - ShopForum
		I love my rear wheel drive, but face it we are no match for a front wheel drive car in the snow.
		Maybe I am delusional and kidding myself about the RWD being as good in the snow as FWD, but it definately feels better to me, and I would be interested to see them conpared on a winding uphill road.
		The Torsen diff shuffles torque instantaneously to the end of the car which is trying to spin it's wheels, which is fine for off-road, but not if you are in a nice creamy 4-wheel drift around a slippery corner.
	www.mercedesshop.com /shopforum/showthread.php?t=63801 (1529 words)

	Rear-wheel drive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Front wheel drive and four wheel drive cars may also drift, but only with much more difficulty.
		There is a rear axle or rear half-shafts.
		A rear wheel drive car will weigh slightly more than a comparable front wheel drive car (but less than four wheel drive).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rear-wheel_drive (920 words)

	RX8Club.com - Driving technique for rear wheel drive
		My IS200 is RWD and to be honest i cant say it would be classed as a sports car or anything like one but it can still shift round corners.
		I think the 'safe' technique is to brake in a straight line, drive gently through the corner, and dont put the power on until you have exited the bend.
		In a rear drive car, you use the same technique going in, but if the car oversteers (most likely in RWD), you keep the power down and turn against the corner, as much as it needs to straighten out.
	www.rx8club.com /showthread.php?t=9325 (1149 words)

	BIKEMAN's Museum Feature: Tioga Disk Drive Rear MTB Wheel.
		This is possibly one of the trickest rear mountain bike wheels to date.
		This wheel uses a 32 Hole Deore XT rear hub laced to a Mavic 231 rim.
		So to true the wheel you had to take the tire, tube and rimstrip out and tension the hooks.
	www.bikeman.com /attic/museum/tiogadiskdrive.htm (337 words)

	Rear wheel drive is making a comeback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Rear wheel drive cars aren't the most popular choice these days, but more people seem to be considering them again.
		The biggest reason for the change, in Canada and parts of the U.S. at least, is that rear wheel drives (RWDs) are bad on snowy roads.
		Despite that, though, the rush to front wheel drives may be reversing.
	www.mobilemag.com /content/100/354/C8737 (611 words)

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