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      12-16-2013, 09:36 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by Devon K View Post
There is no way of knowing at this point if any of these characteristics are going to carry over to the new model, it's a new Haldex design, and it's the first to allow 100% RWD. AWD does not seem to function too badly on track in the GTR, the Gallardo, the Evo, or the Audi R10 so there is some chance it'll be fine. Here's hoping it is as big an advance over the old model as the new GTI is over the Mk6.
All of those cars are using a full time awd system with electronically limited slip differentials too. While the Mk6 R I drove was much closer to neutral than the Mk4 R32, it still was clearly a fwd car that had the ability to send up to 90% of the power to the back once slip was detected. The rear drive shafts on the R are about as big as a wood pencil, I can't imagine they intended them to be receiving much power for significant periods of time. Maybe the 7 will be hugely different, but it's not like Audi/VW is really known for oversteering monsters, Gallardo in R8 clothes aside.
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