“Huh? Am I so old that I don’t get what rear downforce is? Race cars want down force in the front to keep them from flipping over or going airborne. Is this another stupid writer who doesn’t know what torque is? I’m confused.”
It is downforce but why don’t all the Race cars have wings on the front?
I’m pretty sure race cars are designed for front end downforce, and F1 cars, for example, do have front wings, though I think the most downforce comes from the car’s main underbody.
I always thought those stupid “wings” on street legal vehicles looked like carrying handles. I never did like them on consumer grade vehicles. They look like s**t.
Rear spoilers can keep a wing-shaped car from lifting weight off the back wheels... More weight/more traction. Helps for stabilization, but mostly just at relatively high speeds. It keeps the front/back weight ratio from getting out of hand.
Most of the goofy looking add-on wings are for “style”. The factory spoilers on high performance cars have been designed for the car.