I guess you never heard of snow.
Front wheel drive sucks. How many formula 1 cars are front wheel drive?
Racing? Is that how you drive? Kicking in the turbo on a hairpin turn just so you can get a little tire-spin and drift action? FWD cars don't do that...they just go where you point them.
Besides, F1 cars don't have a big bouncing cast iron rear axle/differential and a driveshaft connected to a front mounted engine. They have a FWD-type drivetrain, mounted right behind the driver.
Ask any race car driver about front wheel drive.
OK, I've seen VW Golfs blow the doors off of 4cyl Mustangs in mini-stocks, their rear wheels bouncing like basketballs. I doubt a MG Midget or other RWD sports car does real well against a Mini Cooper or Golf on a sports car track.
I don't see a lot of RWD cars faring well in Rally Racing...which is hell-bent-for-leather driving, on real bad road conditions.
Speaking of real-world driving conditions; Up here, RWD pickups are so worthless you can barely find one even to buy. In Maine, with the worst driving conditions imaginable, virtually all vehicles are either FWD, 4WD or AWD.
Real-world conditions dictate that.
RWD cars still dominate demolition derby events, however.
Thanks for clearing the air with some reality of real world driving. I grew up in a house with a long driveway on a steep incline... when visiting my parents in my old Volvo DL wagon in the wintertime... often I wouldn’t make it up the driveway. With my A2 frame VWs, however, no problems.