Four-wheel-drives Australia
October 26th, 2011 | 
Author: Four-wheel-drives Australia
Fourwheel drive 4WD or 4×4 “four by four” is a fourwheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all four wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously. In the United States these cars are included in the broader sport utility vehicle category. While many people associate the term with offroad vehicles powering all four wheels provides better control on many surfaces and is an important part of rally racing on mostlypaved roads.
The term fourwheel drive describes trucklike vehicles that require the driver to manually
switch between twowheel drive mode for streets and fourwheel drive mode for low traction conditions such as ice mud snow slippery surfaces or loose gravel. Allwheel drive AWD
is often used to describe a “full time” 4WD that may be used on dry pavement without destroying the drivetrain It should be noted that “FullTime” 4WD can be disengaged and the center differential can be locked; essentially turning it into regular 4WD. Whereas AWD cannot be disengaged and the center differential cannot be locked. although the term may be abused when marketing a vehicle. AWD can be used on dry pavement because it employs the use of a center differential which allows each tire to receive different amounts of power. This eliminates driveline binding wheel hop and other driveline issues associated with the use of 4WD on dry pavement. With vehicles with more than four wheels AWD means all wheels drive the vehicle while 4WD means only four of the wheels drive the vehicle.
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