Cons (Front engine):Reduced foul-weather traction compared to FWD and AWD on equal tires and propensity toward oversteer; added mass, cost, friction, rotational inertia of driveshaft, and gearing.

A front-drive car doesn’t need a longitudinal transmission, driveshaft, or rear differential, all of which are necessary for ...

At the end of the transmission sits the AWD transfer case of which a short driveshaft transverses back to the front wheels via another differential. Inside the transfer case, a multi-plate clutch ...

All-wheel-drive systems are proliferating through ... can only lock their front and rear drive­shafts so that each axle always turns at the same speed. And they do it that way whenever they ...

All-wheel drive cars wear tires out faster due to how they function on the car. In addition, mismatched tires can affect the ...

Your choices are rear-wheel drive, front-wheel drive, all-wheel drive and four-wheel drive ... mounted directly behind the engine and a drive shaft couples it to the rear axle where the ...

But can all-wheel drive really save you when the weather ... front-wheel-drive systems send engine power to the two front wheels. The drive shaft doesn't extend to the rear of the car, leaving ...

Many AWD systems run almost entirely in front-wheel drive until they react ... All that frozen stuff can play havoc with drive and axle shafts and other gear leading to minor annoyances such ...