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

[hah at srv.net]

Aaaah! Was it stage 5 in the lifecycle where new people bring up 
frequently-discussed topics?

See http://www.eskimo.com/~eliot/awd.html for an explanation.

Thread killed :)

Henry


>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.
>>