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

Robert Deis rdeis at io.com
Thu Apr 26 13:56:10 EDT 2001


On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, alan pritchard wrote:

> as i understand it awd means permanently engaged 4wd, whilst 4wd has to be
> engaged

The term has expanded somewhat-- A couple of cars that claim AWD are not
permanently engaged, but engage and disengage automaticly based on
conditions.  Others are always engaged.

4WD always implies manual engagement.

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