Thursday, December 5, 2013

Alphabet Soup: 4×4 vs 4WD vs AWD Where’s the Differential? | The Truth About Cars

Alphabet Soup: 4×4 vs 4WD vs AWD Where’s the Differential? | The Truth About Cars: " Ford calls their Explorer AWD while Nissan is claiming the Pathfinder had 4WD and Chrysler says the Jeep Patriot is a 4×4. The truth is all three drivetrains operate on the same general design as that 1982 Fiat Panda: the transverse AWD system. The system Fiat called “4×4″ in the 1980s is now thought of as “AWD” by Fiat in this decade. What gives?"

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