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It can improve one part of the cornering ability. I must have said this about five times now: AWD does not improve braking, corner turn in or mid corner speeds. The extra weight reduces the speed. AWD does allow for earlier and faster acceleration (but not necessarily a faster speed as it's...

Which you absolutely get on the way out of a corner in a AWD. Particularly in the wet. On the way in, you absolutely do not. It is impossible.

Which is exactly why I decided to chip in. A 132kg extra weight sitting above the front axle is not going to give you better handling or braking. It is as plain as day that the front motor sits above the axle (but even if it were below, it'd still be detrimental even ignoring the fact that it...

Both of these are from official Tesla presentations. The front motor is clearly above the axle. How am I "significantly ill informed"?

Have you not heard of Newton's Laws of Motion? The more weight you have to stop, the harder it is to stop. Simple physics. Hence it is harder to stop weightier AWD vehicles compared to a lighter two wheel drive/dual motor when all else is equal. The same applies entering corners whether you...

Opportunists. When new model cars have a waiting list, there are often early delivery recipients who'll attempt to sell the car on at a profit to someone who doesn't want to wait. I remember going into the Classic Throttle Shop in North Sydney a few years back and saw a brand new (for then) VW...

Again Paulp, you failed to read my comment properly. I said I tracked cars and didn't lose traction as a result of excess power as is the correct method of driving cars around a dry tarmac track as quickly as possible. You feed the power on at the apex as the car stabilises out of the corner...

You have not read my comment properly. I mentioned the extra weight of AWD compared to a comparable RWD car not to a comparable ice car. Why have you inserted the ice car? Your mention of a 300KG motor in a ice car compared to a Tesla has no relevance as I am not comparing electric to ice at...

Looks above the axle to me. Not sure how it could possibly fit underneath. Can you reference the better brakes? Tesla's specifications show the same brake set up for both. Regardless, upgraded brakes do not mean better stopping distances (assuming no fade). Better braking comes from increased...

Then explain to me how a Tesla D can brake quicker and enter corners quicker when it has a extra 132kgs sitting right on the steering axle?

After reading through a number of comments suggesting AWD improves handling (and somehow makes a car feel "smaller, sportier"), I thought I would point out that as a general rule, AWD does not improve the cornering ability of a car compared to RWD. The extra weight of AWD (in the case of...