The automotive elite may consider “Front Wheel Drive sports cars” a bit of an oxymoron, but in today’s industry—which features four-door coupes and a distinct inability to call a station wagon a station wagon—proper nomenclature has become a thing of the past. At the same time, the recent horsepower wars have seen all kinds of vehicles tuned-up to showcase superior athleticism, providing customers with the sort of driving excitement that used to be limited to “true” sports cars.
With that in mind, our latest list puts its focus on front-wheel drive and extra performance without regard to body style or rear-/all-wheel-drive bias, and instead showcases a fresh mix of FWD coupes, hot hatches, sedans and even a crossover.