Overpowered FWD Cars

[Eye of the Tiger]

I remember how the Grand Prix GXP actually had wider tires in the front than the back.

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/car/05q4/pontiac_grand_prix_gxp-road_test

"Bridgestone Potenza RE050As, 255/45-18 front, 225/50-18 rear."



Are there other cars that do this?  Wider front tires than rear ones?

Swift.

[Rupert]

It was definitely overpowered though. Damn near triple-digit hp!

Mind boggling!

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

I drove a early 90s Sunbird Turbo and it was the worse I've ever encountered.

[ChrisV]

The '70 Eldorado (and its kissing cousin the neater IMO FWD Olds Toronado) had so much g-d weight over the front axle that torque steer was an impossibility.

Yes, it had 400 hp but then again it weighed ~4,700 lbs so no, it wasn't running with muscle cars of the day. 

Yeah, actually the '70 was. the '67 with the smaller 429 only did an 8 second 0-60, but the 500 cid version was down with the musclecars (remember, the average big block musclecar only ran 14 second quarter miles).

And torque steer has nothing to do with the mass. If it did then torque per pound would enter into it, and the 500 cid Eldos had more torque per lb than many of the "lighter" cars that have horrible torque steer. It's all in geometry and power management.

[MexicoCityM3]

MazdaSpeed 3. I don't get the love it gets from the car mags. Having a torque limiting electronic gizmo in 1st and 2nd that feels completely unnatural is the definition of overpowered FWD car. GTI > MS3 (by a very long distance).

[cawimmer430]

Mercedes A- and B200 Turbo. Do a kickdown on those things and they torque steer like a mother... despite having only an measly underpowered 193-horsepower.