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Originally posted by ss_collins
its possible to get a front wheel drive car to oversteer, even in the wet. I've done it!
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Agreed, and you need to deal with it slightly differently than RWD power induced oversteer!!!
Most standard FWD cars are setup to understeer, but some, when at the limit (Alfasud, Peugeot 205, 106, 206, 306....), particulaly when on a trailing throttle, become more neutral and tend towards oversteer. The rear ends of these cars have quite reasonable roll resistance and also tend to lift the rear inside wheel.
http://autozine.kyul.net/Car_Photo/Peugeot/106_S16.jpg
For racing the tendency is to make the rear quite stiff indeed (e.g. rear anti roll bar) so that the car can get the power down in tight corners without spinning the inside front wheel. I'm sure if you drove a modern FWD SuperProduction car you would be able to find oversteer without too much trouble at all!!!