[svxistentialist]

As usual I agree 100% with Joe.

I bought mine because it was 4wd. I like the stability and safety margin this endows, particularly in the wet and on high-speed curves.

However, if you like your fwd model, enjoy it, treasure it, don't over-react to what seems to be negative criticism. These cars are the sum of a lot of high quality components[gearbox and bearings aside!], not least of which is the chassis. And I would estimate the 4wd drivetrain may be using up 10% of available power, so the fwd models have a dual advantage of being lighter and having more available horsepower to put to the road. Quite a big advantage!

BTW, my 10% figure above is non-empirical, just my guess, don't haul me across the coals for this opinion. If any power-hungry freak out there has put both cars across a rolling road dyno, and come up the the hp figure at the wheels for both types, then we would know for sure. Anybody done that??

Joe