All-Wheel-Drive and Four-Wheel-Drive Are Different by Function
Some people are still having trouble with deciding what four-wheel-drive vs. all-wheel-drive are. Most people get it that both somehow cause a vehicle to operate with all four wheels getting traction on a driving surface. Our team at DCH Subaru of Riverside is here to break down the differences between the two:
The only thing that either definition has in common is the fact that four wheels work all at once in powering the vehicle. Any similarity ends there. Four-wheel-drive works by using a split differential and a lower gear ratio to initiate a four-wheel traction.