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Originally Posted by a_Username
Running 7s is an accomplishment for any vehicle, regardless of rather its AWD/RWD/FWD.
FWD performance shouldn't be looked down upon just because its inferior. The FWD Cobalt SS/TC seems to be doing quite well in defeating its competition on road courses, considering it beat AWD vehicles [such as the WRX STi, Skyline GT-R (R34), etc.] and RWD vehicles [350Z, BMW 335i, etc.] around Nordschleife. FWD vehicles, while being at a disadvantage, shouldn't be looked down upon just because there is something a little better out there.
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I never claimed that the Cobalt SS was slow. I even considered buying one. But having a handful of quick fwd cars does not make fwd cars fast. The overwhelming majority of performance cars have rwd and to my knowledge, there are significantly more 600+ hp rwd cars offered than there are 300+ hp fwd.
It comes down to sticking with what you're good at. I don't expect to see a RWD economy car cracking 40 mpg and neither do I expect to see a FWD supercar. Either one is technically possible, but it just doesn't make any sense to actually do it because of the inherent limitations of the configuration.
When I did a google search, the fastest Honda I could find was something like 8.9s and was from this past summer. Can you link to the 7.Xs car?