The difference between all-wheel drive (AWD) and four-wheel-drive (4WD) is a topic of confusion for many car, truck, and SUV buyers. Both systems send power to the wheels where traction is needed most ...

Hello Paul, please teach me how to use/engage the 4wd in both manual and automatic vehicles, especially land cruisers that have small gears labelled 2L-4H. I need your guidance on what the 2L, 4L and ...

The difference between 4WD and AWD has become blurred as some AWD cars have become more capable of use offroad. It used to be that a 4WD were part-time four-wheel drives with high and low range, which ...

Before we get too far into this festival of definitions and hair-splitting, it is important to know that – absent of all other considerations – power to all four wheels simply gets you up to crashing ...

Majority of the old car models come with part-time 4WD systems, which unfortunately rarely get engaged while on the other hand, the technology for has changed overtime offering a wider variety of ...

AFAIK, 4x4 and 4WD are the same.<BR><BR>The difference between those and AWD is that AWD does not distribute power equally between all four wheels, whereas a vehicle in 4x4 mode with the differentials ...

When reading the specifications of a bakkie, one is often confronted by terms 4WD, AWD, low and high ratio, diff lock, transfer case and many more. Times have changed though because, although most of ...

Winter weather is just around the corner, leaving some drivers wondering if their two-wheel-drive vehicles can handle roads covered in snow and ice. Now is the time people flock to car and truck ...

Car manufacturers will often tout a vehicle’s features to appeal to the market, and this often leads to advertisements featuring a cacophony of acronyms and buzzwords to dazzle and confuse the ...