"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enif you're looking for an all-wheel drive sedan or SUV you should know they aren't all the same they can vary from Brand to brand and sometimes even within the same brand the systems can vary from model to model the kind that's right for you depends largely on your needs and the kind of driving conditions you'll be experiencing most of the time here's how all-wheel drive works the drivetrains components can push power from the engine as needed to all four wheels of the vehicle in varying degrees this provides stronger acceleration and traction so the vehicle handles better in poor driving conditions like say icy or snowy roads the technology behind all-wheel drive has improved quite a bit in the last several years and there are actually several different types of all-wheel drive systems on the market first there's on demand all-wheel drive this is found primarily on cars that you think of as being front-wheel drive but they may offer all-wheel drive as an option the system sends all of its power to the front wheels during normal driving but as soon as it detects any slippage it sends more power to the rear wheels to improve traction for example a car like the Honda CRV is great when you want the fuel economy and handling of a front-wheel drive car but you want the occasional poor weather traction of all-wheel drive it's not for serious off-roading if you're familiar with Subaru then you may have heard of symmetrical all-wheel drive in normal driving conditions this system sends power to the front and rear wheels equally and it's on all the time however if there's a loss of traction it can send more power up to 85% to the front and rear axles in order to improve handling there's also torque vectoring all-wheel drive it provides additional power to the front or rear axles as needed but can also split power between individual Wheels left and right this can improve cornering you'll see this kind of system offered on more high-end Vehicles like Acura Audi and Mercedes-Benz as well as select Subaru vehicles and then the is Mazda's new iactive all-wheel drive system where an onboard computer takes information like the outside temperature and the degree of incline and feeds it into the iactive system prompting it into action the point here is that the all-wheel drive system engages before a tire loses traction and that's pretty impressive while vehicles with all-wheel drive sometimes cost a bit more and might be more expensive to maintain over the long run there are great safety benefits and there's also resale value but before you buy a car truck or SUV with all-wheel drive make sure you know how the system works and make sure that system works best for the kind of conditions that you'll most be driving inif you're looking for an all-wheel drive sedan or SUV you should know they aren't all the same they can vary from Brand to brand and sometimes even within the same brand the systems can vary from model to model the kind that's right for you depends largely on your needs and the kind of driving conditions you'll be experiencing most of the time here's how all-wheel drive works the drivetrains components can push power from the engine as needed to all four wheels of the vehicle in varying degrees this provides stronger acceleration and traction so the vehicle handles better in poor driving conditions like say icy or snowy roads the technology behind all-wheel drive has improved quite a bit in the last several years and there are actually several different types of all-wheel drive systems on the market first there's on demand all-wheel drive this is found primarily on cars that you think of as being front-wheel drive but they may offer all-wheel drive as an option the system sends all of its power to the front wheels during normal driving but as soon as it detects any slippage it sends more power to the rear wheels to improve traction for example a car like the Honda CRV is great when you want the fuel economy and handling of a front-wheel drive car but you want the occasional poor weather traction of all-wheel drive it's not for serious off-roading if you're familiar with Subaru then you may have heard of symmetrical all-wheel drive in normal driving conditions this system sends power to the front and rear wheels equally and it's on all the time however if there's a loss of traction it can send more power up to 85% to the front and rear axles in order to improve handling there's also torque vectoring all-wheel drive it provides additional power to the front or rear axles as needed but can also split power between individual Wheels left and right this can improve cornering you'll see this kind of system offered on more high-end Vehicles like Acura Audi and Mercedes-Benz as well as select Subaru vehicles and then the is Mazda's new iactive all-wheel drive system where an onboard computer takes information like the outside temperature and the degree of incline and feeds it into the iactive system prompting it into action the point here is that the all-wheel drive system engages before a tire loses traction and that's pretty impressive while vehicles with all-wheel drive sometimes cost a bit more and might be more expensive to maintain over the long run there are great safety benefits and there's also resale value but before you buy a car truck or SUV with all-wheel drive make sure you know how the system works and make sure that system works best for the kind of conditions that you'll most be driving in\n"