quattro digest, Vol 1 #1418 - 16 msgs

[Jon VonOhlsen]

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> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:12:54 -0700
> To: Bill Elliott <wcelliot at concentric.net>, quattro at audifans.com
> From: "Adrian Johnson" <ad at tibco.com>
> 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.
>

IMHO, AWD vehicles like the Audi, VW, new Subaru, etc. allow slip differential between ALL wheels, not just at the ends of each axle. Hence a center differential. Subaru really didn't have this feature until the Legacy ('90 or so). The jeeps are like most 4WD vehicles even today. The transfer of power to the front and rear wheels does not
allow slip differential to occur.
JonVO
'89 200TQ barge (avant...)