Still Looking!
Still looking for a good FWD car to use as benchmark, to compare to, for tuning or modding for personal use.
I do not think Austin Mini is it. It is a very low car with little suspension travel. Quick steering rack and a bit bouncy. It is a special car with a lot of character but not something other fwd car should emulate.
Anything with ride frequency above 2.0 Hz is also not it, for a street car.
Interestingly, many Honda's, including some with supposedly Arch physics, all drive pretty much the same. Small caster angle with 0.3 cm trail, not much steering feel/force. They all have low front ride frequency and very high rear ride frequency and very high rear ARB. Odd going over crest, like going down Cork Screw. Or odd leaning into a turn, as steering goes light. They seems to like left-foot braking into the turn but not exactly behaving like the trail-braking rotation. Golf GTI and Focus from 101 Creative/VR driving feels better for me.
On a side note, I am at a stage where tuning isn't about using the max negetive camber but finding a good balance between the front and rear grip and decent transition. Once the car becomes more balanced, I was able to achieve better lap time without using a lot of negative camber or extreme front/rear differential. That is a surprise to me though.