ANATOMY OF AUTOMOBILE

four wheel drive A four-wheel drive vehicle — often called a 4WD or 4X4 (“four by four") — is a vehicle in which all four wheels receive power from the engine. Four-wheel drive vehicles are also good to have when weather conditions make roads slippery, the snow and the ice and even off the road REAR WHEEL DRIVES Rear wheel drive means that the cars driven wheel such that the wheels that receive power from the engine are then transmitted back in real wheel through the deferential unit. In a rear-wheel-drive (RWD) vehicle, the front wheels don't drive the are at all; their only job is to steer. Trucks and SUVs: Most body-on-frame trucks and SUVs use rear-wheel drive as standard. FRONT WHEEL DRIVE A transmission system that provides power to the front wheels of a motor vehicle. Large sedans and family cars: While many large cars and vans use front-wheel drive