[urq] TT commercial - '1st AWD passenger car' claim

[alan pritchard]

as i understand it awd means permanently engaged 4wd, whilst 4wd has to be
engaged
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Johnson" <ad at tibco.com>
To: "Bill Elliott" <wcelliot at concentric.net>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 6:12 PM
Subject: Re:[urq] TT commercial - '1st AWD passenger car' claim


> Bill,
>
> At 12:03 PM 4/26/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >First off, disregard the Subaru right off because it's 4WD, not AWD. If
you
> >count it, then you have to count the WW2 Jeep!
>
> So what is the difference between 4wd and awd on a 4 wheeled vehicle? I
> thought awd was just a term invented by marketing bods to help prevent Joe
> Public from associating cars like the quattro with off-road vehicles like
> the Jeep?
>
> AD.
>