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unusual facts about all wheel drive



Jeep-Eagle

Chrysler made a good-faith effort to give the Eagle brand an identity by offering an all wheel drive (AWD) Eagle Talon, a carryover from the all-wheel drive AMC Eagle for which the brand was named.

Redline Time Attack

The three classes are described below, with each class subdivided by drive type; (FWD, RWD, or AWD).

Saab XWD

The ability to transfer torque laterally between the rear wheels is similar to Mitsubishi's Super Active Yaw Control or Honda/Acura's Super Handling-All Wheel Drive.


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Buick Rendezvous

In lieu of four-wheel drive, the Rendezvous offered Versatrak, a full-time, fully automatic all-wheel drive system which provided sure-footed traction in the snow and wet, could handle moderate off-road surfaces, but was not meant for boulder-climbing Rubicon Trail-type activities.

Jeep four-wheel-drive systems

The AMC Eagle used the NP119 transfer case in 1980, a strictly full-time all wheel drive model.

Opel Performance Center

since 2009 Opel Insignia OPC - a version of the Opel Insignia five-door liftback, four-door saloon and five-door station wagon (Sports Tourer) which has a 2.8-liter V6 turbo engine with 239 kW (325 hp) and standard all-wheel drive.

Opelwerk Brandenburg

Between 1940 and 1943 the chassis of standard medium passenger car, a all-wheel drive vehicle for military purpose, which had been originally developed by Horch (Auto Union) in Zwickau, was also assembled under licence at the Opel Brandenburg plant.

Xdrive

BMW xDrive, an all-wheel-drive system that powers the BMW X1, X3, X5 and the X6, also available in certain 3 Series, 5 Series and MINI models.