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

[Chris Dyer]

Great question, with a potential of several answers.  I think the bumper 
sticker answer would be that 4wd refers to "part time" 4wd (e.g. Jeep 
Wrangler is rr drive all the time until driver yanks lever to activate fr 
axle.)  Awd refers to cars that don't need that lever yank/button press 
step, and both axles can be/are active at any/all the time.

However, w/today's many 4wd/awd choices (like Ford/Mazda's new Escape 
system) the lines start to get blurred.  Plus there's vehicles that activate 
axles purely when slip is sensed yadda yadda...

Oh oh, I smell a thread...


>From: "Adrian Johnson" <ad at tibco.com>
>To: Bill Elliott <wcelliot at concentric.net>, quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re:[urq] TT commercial - '1st AWD passenger car' claim
>Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:12:54 -0700
>
>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.
>

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