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Originally Posted by JoshBobGuptaMarley
I see so many mustangs down here in Florida. We never get snow so people dont worry about rear wheel drive being an issue. I see tons everywhere, everyday. I'm sure bad winters up north have to do with rear wheel drive being in decline in general.
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The decline of RWD has more to do with CAFE requirements. FWD packaging is more space efficient, and allowed engineers to keep interiors as big as possible when cars had to downsize.
RWD started making a comeback when powertrains and aerodynamics got efficient enough for large RWD cars to meet the original CAFE, but with the requirement being racheted up again, you can expected RWD to become scarce all over again in the coming years.