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

[Bill Elliott]

An excellent answer to this question is found at:
http://www.eskimo.com/~eliot/awd.html

In a nutshell from the site: << "all wheel drive" implies permanently engaged or
automatically engaging four wheel drive and "four wheel drive" implies manually
engaging, part time four wheel drive. >>

Audis are all AWD. Most trucks (and older Subarus) are 4wd... meaning their
"natural state" is 2wd with another axle "engagable".

Rule of thumb: if the system cannot be used on dry pavement (meaning no center
differential) then it's 4wd.

Bill Elliott


Adrian Johnson wrote:

> 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.