tatest wrote:
The fact that larger RVs are available in Europe does not refute the fact that FWD works because the FWD motorhomes are small.
That's absolutely the case ideally ... you want the wheels with the most weight of the vehicle on them to be the drive wheels. FWD works well in a passenger vehicle because the heaviest components of the vehicle (the engine and the transmission) are over the drive wheels.
One can "get by" with a FWD motorhome where the bulk of it's weight is over the un-driven rear wheels, but it wouldn't do well in situations where surface traction is compromised. I wouldn't want any compromises in motorhome traction if the motorhome is only 2WD and if one wanted to RV offroad in the summer ... or on any roads in the winter.
Note that the Corvair and VW beetle where also excellent on winter roads because of the engine and transmission being located over the driven wheels. ;)
