Sell Me A Car-What Should I Buy

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AWD - All wheel drive, meaning that all 4 wheels have power distributed to each one all the time in theory. For example if you were to lift an AWD in the air and press the gas pedal all 4 tires should spin. But you have to be carefull because newer cars that claim to be AWD are in fact not. The motor industry uses this term to market a car that will switch from two wheel drive to AWD automaticly as needed to prevent spinouts and what not.

4WD or 4x4 - Four wheel drive, is where power is distributed to the tires at your command. The driver can select when to put the vehicle into 4WD. In side the car there will be a button or another shifter which the driver will push or pull to put the car in 4WD. Also, 4WD does not automaticly mean that once the car is in 4WD that all tires will have power to them individually. Usually it is only the 2 opposite tires that get power to them. For example, if you have a Ford f-150 that is 4WD, when you put the truck into 4wd the driver side front tire and the passenger side rear tire are the only tires that would get power to them, thus not making it a true 4 wheel drive vehicle.

I hope this helps...