4WD vs AWD was: [urq] TT commercial - '1st AWD passenger car' claim

[Britt Crowell]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Huw Powell say:
> > 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?

>I always used it as: 4WD is something you have to shift into
>and out of. AWD is just all four wheels always driven.

So my '93 Jeep Grand Cherokee only has a hi/lo range its always in 4WD So I
never have to shift into it. Also it likes to eat tires around town and gets
8mpg. So the Audi has been getting a lot of use lately.

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Britt Crowell
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