The engine over the back wheels gives greater traction to the rear. The engine over the rear wheels allows shorter transmission of power from the engine to the wheels. Powering the rear wheels means you don’t have to make a complex system to both power and steer the wheels of a car.

They provide a lot of power and traction to the back wheels, which makes them quick to accelerate. Although, that same power to the back wheels can come back to bite them. Unless you’re on the racetrack, rear engine vehicles are kind of hard to come by.

15 Best Rear-Engine Cars That Aren’t The Beetle Or The 911

• 15 2016 Smart Fortwo.
• 14 Tesla Model S.
• 13 1993 Ferrari Mondial.
• 12 Mitsubishi i-MiEV.
• 11 Lotus Elise.
• 10 1999 Toyota MR2 Turbo.
• 9 1981 DeLorean DMC12.
• 8 BMW 700.

While rear-engined Corvair was reviled for its oversteering, the Ford Pinto has been the butt of many an explosive joke. So released by Ford even after they realized it had a grievous shortcoming, the Pinto still managed to sell some 3 million examples as a cheap car was the need of the day.

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Rear engine, rear wheel drive cars are the same way. Either way, the placement of the engine in exotic high speed cars is usually done to help the driver stay in control, which is far safer than ANY collision, let alone a crash at 200+ mph. Passive safety designed into the vehicle can only go so far.

Reason being, these engine applications have a higher learning curve than other configurations. But for race cars under the control of a professional driver, rear engines are great. They provide a lot of power and traction to the back wheels, which makes them quick to accelerate.

Mid-engine cars are more dangerous.As the tires are more traction and superior balance whenever the driver losses control due to superior balance and low moment of inertia as mass is properly distributed the car begins to spin and cannot control easily. This will make the mid-engine cars more dangerous than other cars.

I hesitated when I wrote this because I am well aware that mid and rear engine cars can drift with relative ease. Also if we are picky the RX7 is a sort of mid-engine as the engine sits behind the front axle. However, front engine rear wheel drive cars have a good set up to learn to drift with.

With all things considered, including insurance, tires, repairs, track fees, and gas, drifting costs about $3500 a year, assuming you drift once a month for 8 months. Your car will realistically cost you another $2k, and first time repairs+modification could cost another $500.

Any car can be used to implement a drift, but professionals will either use cars that have a history of good drifting attributes (with rear-wheel or 4-wheel drive), or use a local model that they understand and are comfortable with.

In drifting it’s not uncommon to break parts, and also cause potential failures in parts like like axles, and drivetrain components. High rpm and abuse accelerates wear on the transmission, engine, and other various components throughout the car (brakes, tires.

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• BMW E36 M3.
• Nissan 350Z.
• Nissan Skyline R33 GTS-T.
• Mazda MX-5/Miata NB.
• Nissan 240sx S14.
• BMW E46 M3.
• Toyota JZX-90.
• Nissan 180sx.

You won’t to be able to just drift in your neighborhood, or on any streets for that matter as it’s completely illegal. But, there are many race tracks that allow you to legally race, drift, and compete against others. So you will want to look locally in your yellow pages, or a quick Google search will help.

California street racing is defined as a “speed contest” and is illegal and punishable by law. Street racing laws in California include all forms of speed racing, drag racing or drifting, and any exhibitions of speed which threatens the public safety.

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