How it works, where it came from, and where it's going.

For a layman chatting to a mechanic or gearhead, automotive jargon can seem like a foreign language. To the average person on the street, terms like torque vectoring, locking differentials, pinion ...

Before we get too far into this festival of definitions and hair-splitting, it is important to know that – absent of all other considerations – power to all four wheels simply gets you up to crashing ...

Subaru just announced its all-wheel-drive system will celebrate half a century of existence this year. It was first introduced on the Subaru Leone 4WD Estate Van and now also shines on the all-new ...

AWD and 4WD sound similar in name but they are very different AWD is always active on most vehicles while 4WD can be customized depending on the situation A lot of people use the terms four-wheel ...

Which is it: four-wheel drive or all-wheel drive? The answer is more complicated than you might expect. Is the system part-time, full-time, or on-demand? Reactive or predictive? Does it use a ...

All the way back in 1972, Subaru debuted its all-wheel drive system on the Leone 4WD Estate Van. It was Japan’s first mass-produced AWD passenger car and now, half a century later, the brand is ...

There are a lot of misconceptions regarding all-wheel drive (AWD) and four-wheel drive (4WD). Some say they are the exact same thing; others argue that they are completely different, and one is a much ...