[drunken monkey]

hmm, a bit short-sighted and simplistic.

rear wheel drive does not mean a better handling car, especially if you are talking low power figures.
on the other hand rear wheel drive can be a handful if the numbers are high (see TreVoRs).

here's a little something to 'counter' the F1 comment.

british touring car.
the audi A4 touring car was eventually banned because, despite being much heavier and hence a much lower power/weight ratio, it won everything.

again, with the audi.
on one of their demonstrations of the quattro system, the audi engineers doctored one car so that it was 100% rear drive.
the resulting car was slower, and less controlable but it was undeniably more fun.

is rear wheel drive better?
well, as alfa have shown front wheel drive can be just as good with 250bhp.
anything more and the chassis starts to have problems and that is kinda where rear drive has a clear advantage; it can handle more power.