4-Motion

[Unka Bart]

Steve and Ed,

VW uses "4-Motion" the same way Audi uses "Quattro," as a marketing  
term to indicate that the vehicle has some sort of all wheel drive.   
It has nothing to do with the actual mechanical system used to  
provide the all-wheel drive.  Witness the Haldex system used in the  
TT Quattro (mechanically identical to my VW R32) vs the geared system  
with a center mechanical differential in the A series (excluding the  
A3).

VW used to use "Synchro," and currently uses "4-Motion" the same  
way.  My Quantum (ne Passat) Syncro was an Audi 4KQ mechanically yet  
the Vannagon Syncro used a viscous system in a similar manner to the  
current Haldex.  I think that VAG used the more mechanical systems on  
longitudinal engine configurations and a different system for  
transverse orientations.

Yer kindly ol' Unka Bart
'04 VW R32 - is it a VDub with Audi guts, or an Audi with VDub skin?