What is AWDUSA.com?
All Wheel Drive USA is a website dedicted to helping you find the best deals on all wheel drive vehicles.
What is AWD?
All Wheel Drive (AWD) is a system in which power is applied to all the wheels on a vehicle as it is being driven. There are many advantages of using an all wheel drive system. These includ superior traction, more powerful acceleration and improved overall grip when road conditions are bad.
How is four wheel drive and all wheel drive is different?
Good question! Four wheel drive is not meant to be used on a paved road but rather only off-road. This is mainly because four wheel drive usually involves locking the wheels such that the front and rear wheels receive equal power and are driven at the same rate. So essentially this system is useless if you mainly drive on roads as most of us do! AWD systems use a differential between the front and rear wheels and this allows the wheels to move at different speeds.
What is the best all wheel drive system?
The best all wheel drive systems (such as the version in new Subarus and Nissans) use limited slip differentials. Subarus with variable center differential can supply anything from zero to fifty percent of the engine's power to the rear wheels, with the remainder of the power being used by the front wheels. Of course this is all handled automatically for you.
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