Automobiles are generally categorized into front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, and four-wheel drive according to the form of drive. A front-wheel drive vehicle is one that relies on the front wheels, a rear-wheel drive vehicle is one that relies on the rear wheels, and a four-wheel drive vehicle is one that is driven by all four wheels. For the average family car, front-wheel drive and rear-wheel drive are more common.

A. What is the difference between a rear-wheel drive car and a front-wheel drive car?
The advantages of front-drive cars are low cost and simple structure.
Most of the domestic family cars are front-drive cars, large space inside the car, the rear ride is comfortable; at the same time, front-drive cars have fewer and simpler mechanical components, omitting the driveshaft device, the weight of the body to reduce a lot of weight, theoretically, can improve fuel economy.
But the shortcomings of front-drive cars are also very obvious, the front wheels have to bear both drive but also steering, high-speed cornering is prone to understeer, handling is not very good, and tires are also easy to wear.

Rear-drive car advantages are good handling, rear-drive car differential and half-axle arrangement in the rear axle, the vehicle is more likely to achieve 50:50 axle load distribution, the rear wheels are responsible for driving the front wheels to focus on steering, so that steering response is more agile, higher handling; and rear-drive car before and after the force is more evenly distributed, and therefore has good stability and smoothness, and is conducive to the service life of the tires.
In addition, the uphill ability of rear-drive cars compared to front-drive cars better, start accelerating uphill, due to the presence of inertial forces, it will appear obvious “recoil”, the center of gravity is lower, rear-drive cars just can use the greater adhesion, climbing power better, and front-drive car center of gravity in front, more likely to slip, resulting in the uphill with the intention of no power.
Of course, the shortcomings of rear-drive cars are also more fatal, that is, the cost is higher, generally higher-priced mid-range and high-end cars are equipped with rear-drive, and at the same time the space is inconvenient to utilize, and the carpet in the back row is too high, which affects the comfort of the ride. For some car white, easy to oversteer phenomenon, difficult to maneuver on the problem.
Therefore, if you ask which one is the best, it is definitely the rear-drive car, which is indisputable.
Second, what are the advantages and disadvantages of rear-drive cars?
1. Advantages:
(1) Good maneuverability
Rear-wheel drive, so that the front wheels can focus on steering, so more agile in the turn, before and after the neutral distribution is uniform, so have good handling stability and smoothness, and help to extend the service life of the tires.