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Originally Posted by hetzle
This idea is entirely wrong, as are all the naysayers in this thread spreading misinformation. The XI's are significantly slower than the RWD versions. AWD saps a good amount more power due to additional parasitic loss, the figures are 10-18% drivetrain loss for RWD cars and 17-28% for AWD. FWD cars have much shorter drivetrains and lose 10-15%.
Additionally, auto cars lose 2-5% more than manual cars. You'll never see an X-drive car put down as much power mod for mod as a RWD model, and they're also a bit heavier.
On the bright side you can launch the hell out of them and they do extremely well in adverse road conditions.
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That is old information on AWD systems, you will find that newer AWD systems are actually pretty close to the RWD counterparts. I would be shocked if it was more than a 5% difference between the 2. 15 crank hp isn't going to make a significant difference. Look at the trap MPH between the 2 and you can tell the HP is very similar.