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What is difference between normal and a 4 wheel drive car? |
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Normal cars come in 2 flavors: REAR-wheel drive maning the two rear whels are driven or FRONT-wheel frive where the front wheels are driven. A 4 wheel (or all wheel drive) means just that that all of the 4 wheels are driven by the engine simultaneously.
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Normal drive cars have 2 of the 4 wheels driving the car along, either the front wheels or the rear wheels. 4 wheel drive cars have all 4 wheels drive them along, the front and the rear wheels.
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There are a variety of drivetrain formats for cars there is no "normal" one. 4 wheel drive describes engine power is sent to all 4 wheels.
Here are the typical abbreviations to describe drivetrain layout, for 2 wheel driven layouts.
FR- Front engine, Rear powered wheels. (Corvette, Mustang) FF- Front engine, Front powered wheels. (Civic, Eclipse) MR- Mid Engine Rear powered wheels. (MR2)
As for the all wheel drive layouts.
FA- Front engine all wheel drive (Jeep, Hummer, Subaru) MA- Mid Engine all wheel drive (Lamborghini) RA- Rear Engine all wheel drive (Porsche)
Some cars may have the AWD designation they may not be AWD 100% of the time either. some designs are on demand AWD. Mercedes 4 matic comes to mind.
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