well, i mean no offense and i'm sure the car serves her just fine.. but it's a fwd "sports car", and that's no good.

nothing geared to be sporty should be front wheel drive, it's a hindrance in many aspects of performance

I will give you that there are other sports cars that have more power out there, but truthfully, I have never driven a car that hugs the road better.

Front wheel drive vehicles work well in most applications but one limiting factor is that when applying power you lose the ability to steer well. They make great off road racers, drag cars, hill climbers, slalom racers, etc....
I generally prefer a rear whell drive car but the weight distribution usually isn't much better than a FWD or possibly even worse. If that's what you're looking for, mid engine is the best and occasionally rear engine like Porsche or Volkswagen cars work exceptionally well.

sorry man, but you're wrong on almost all fronts.

fwd is horrible for drag racing due to weight transfer on launch and weakness of parts. they're flawed for slalom due to balance. fwd is only decent at poor street conditions, and that's just because of their poor weight balance having most of the vehicle's weight over the drive wheels.

you are right(somewhat) about a lot of rwd vehicles having poor weight distribution, but those are mostly domestics. if you look at the miata, s2000, 240sx, rx7, and even some domestics like the sky and solstice...they have near 50/50 weight distribution. but...very few rwd cars have worse weight balance than fwd, very very few

RR is quite possibly the worst set up for handling, vw's don't do it well at all. the ass end wants to come around on you in every turn, the only benifit is they're exceptionally well at putting the power down when exiting a turn. vw's do alright in drag because of the weight placement. the porsche, well that's a seriously flawed platform. the only reason the cars do resonably well is because everything else is pushed so far forward to try to counter the poor rear weight bias. the street cars are so full of technology, and that's the only reason they handle.

if you'd like to continue this discussion, send me a message. we can take it to a car site a frequent. lots of knowledgeable people there.

That's why I got rid of mine -

I'd suggest you go back to your car site and learn to read before you post. Where in my post did I say they were the best? Mid engine cars still make the best performance vehicles and front wheel drive cars work "very well".
They all have their attributes and detracting factors but are engineered to bring out their best despite their shortfalls.
I didn't even bother to mention all wheel drive but I guess that wouldn't matter seeing as how you're an "expert" after listening to "lots of knowledgable people".
Better yet, get into cars rather than reading about them. Hands on experience is still the best teacher if you're willing to learn.

funny my saturn is a great car... never had to have a repair on it..gets 26 miles per gallon which isnt bad...maybe u had older models than a 2006 i know they improved them a whole lot...