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Haldex Traction is a manufacturer of intelligent all-wheel drive (AWD) systems, founded in Sweden.Since invention of Gen I in 1998, the company produced several generations of products licensed to and customized for some major automotive brands, that in turn have marketed Haldex Traction AWD under different names.
Mazda introduced an all-wheel drive version of the 2.5-litre turbocharged petrol engine for model year 2021 which is exclusively mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. In the Australian market, the fourth-generation Mazda3 along with the CX-30 are available with the e-SkyActiv G MHEV engine, for improved acceleration and fuel economy.
Quattro (meaning four in Italian and stylized in lower case) is the trademark used by the automotive brand Audi to indicate that all-wheel drive (AWD) technologies or systems are used on specific models of its automobiles.
In automotive design, dual-motor, four-wheel-drive layout is mainly used by battery electric vehicles by placing electric motors on both front and rear axles and drives all four roadwheels, creating a four-wheel drive layout. This layout is made possible by the small size of electric motors compared to internal combustion engines, allowing it ...
Front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout. In automotive design, an F4, or front-engine, four-wheel drive (4WD) layout places the internal combustion engine at the front of the vehicle and drives all four roadwheels. This layout is typically chosen for better control on many surfaces, and is an important part of rally racing, as well as off-road ...
Six-wheel drive. Six-wheel drive ( 6WD or 6×6) is an all-wheel drive drivetrain configuration of three axles with at least two wheels on each axle capable of being driven simultaneously by the vehicle's engine. Unlike four-wheel drive drivetrains, the configuration is largely confined to heavy-duty off-road and military vehicles, such as all ...
The all-wheel-drive was thought to prevent skidding, which was common on the primitive, greasy roads of the period. Daimler (before its marriage to Benz) custom-built a single all-wheel-drive machine with a touring car body in 1907 for Bernhard Dernburg, Germany's Secretary of State of the Colonial Office in Africa.
