How to Drive, rear-wheel drive and four-wheel drive cars.

The world's fastest and most exotic cars are either rear or four-wheel drive.

Here is how to get the most out of them.

Written and narrated by Steve Sutcliffe.

Most of us still love a good old-fashioned rear-wheel drive car.

Agreed?

One with bags of power and torque so it can go sideways at the twitch of your right toe. Or, if not, maybe just a car whose steering

remains uncorrupted by its driven wheels. But how do you get the best out of a rear-wheel-drive

car? Is it all merely about managing the torque flow through the rear tires,

or are there some additional tricks you can deploy to unlock a bit more speed, balance and fun from a rear-drive car?

The answer is inevitably a complex.

What's not in doubt is the one thing that will make the biggest difference of all to your enjoyment of a rear-wheel drive car,

and that is driving it smoothly.

Employ the age-old slow-in fast-out technique, and you will always end up in a better place in a rear-drive car, be it front, mid or rear-engined.

And if you don't, if you try to mess with this simplest of formulas, drive car, be it front, mid or rear engineed.

And if you don't, if you try to mess with this simplest of formulas, then best of luck.

You'll either need to be blessed by the gods in the talent department or very lucky indeed

to get away with what happens next.

It really is the only approach on which to base your moves in a rear-wheel drive car and as such

must never be forgotten. That said, you can go further, tweak the formula, so to speak,

to suit your environment, or maybe just indulge your own curiosities. But once you move beyond

the world of slow-in fast fast out, you'll need to understand

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