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Percentage of RWD cars on our roads

  • 10-01-2010 12:16pm
    #1
    doubledown
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    Hi all,

    I was having a chat with my father about driving in the ice and snow with RWD and how tricky it was. He seemed to be under the impression that the vast majority of cars on the road were RWD. I thought it was the opposite.

    Does anyone know what the rough percentage is of RWD vs. FWD on our roads today?

    Cheers!


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  • #2
    spadder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 985 ✭✭✭spadder


    What precentage of RWD are in the ditches?


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
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    Well all BMW are rwd or 4wd same for Mercedes(except the A class) and lexus also. But I would think that overall there is a higer percentage of fwd cars on the road.

    RWD is great fun at the moment I have to say, I could do with a wiper on my side window as I spend a lot of time looking through it with all the sideways action!!!


  • #4
    Tipsy Mac
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    I'd say less than 25% of passenger cars are rear wheel drive.


  • #5
    pjmn
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    Brennan Fluffy Schoolwork wrote: »
    Well all BMW are rwd or 4wd same for Mercedes(except the A class) and lexus also. But I would think that overall there is a higer percentage of fwd cars on the road.

    RWD is great fun at the moment I have to say, I could do with a wiper on my side window as I spend a lot of time looking through it with all the sideways action!!!

    Put 3/4 bags coal in the boot and let air out of back tyres to about 65% of recommended pressure - then drive carefully and there'll be no more looking out the side windows...


  • #6
    unkel
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    doubledown wrote: »
    He seemed to be under the impression that the vast majority of cars on the road were RWD. I thought it was the opposite.

    I don't know exact figures but I am certain that you are right. Disregarding 4WD vehicles and only regarding private vehicles, I'd expect the figure to be around the 85-90% FWD and 10-15% RWD

    But maybe he learned to drive in the 70s when most private cars were still RWD? ;)

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  • #7
    CianRyan
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    pjmn wrote: »
    Put 3/4 bags coal in the boot and let air out of back tyres to about 65% of recommended pressure - then drive carefully and there'll be no more looking out the side windows...

    Something tells me, the side ways action isn't an accident.:rolleyes:


  • #8
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    Car registrations here. While it's impossible to tell, we can tell for say 2009 that BMW had 2.45% of the market, Lexus had 0.37% and MB had 2.38%, so about 5% in 2009. Looking at 2006 when the Celtic Tiger was alive and well the figures are about 7.5%.

    In addition about 23% of cars are 2nd hand imports, about half of which are BMW, and to a lesser extent MB. So add in another 10%.

    About 18% of the population is foreign, many driving cars which are not registered here, so not part of the statistics. German cars seem to be popular with East Europeans in particular, but in the absense of hard figures I'd say they account for no more than 1% of the total car population.

    So... what's that? Likely between about 15% and 20%.


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