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Re:Unlocking any car from X brand in most of the world by jacquesm on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:16AM (#50423606)
It's more of an industry wide thing:AWD means all wheel drive even when the vehicle has more than 4 wheels. So in the case of a vehicle with more than 4 wheels, 4 wheel drive would indicate four of the wheels are driven and the remainder are idlers. For instance 6x4 would indicate six wheels with four driven wheels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-wheel_drive

So nwheels x n driven wheels.

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Re:Unlocking any car from X brand in most of the world by ghusbands on Monday November 09, 2026 @07:55AM (#50424951)
You seem to be talking about something different. The conversation is about vehicles with four wheels and the differences between 4WD and AWD in that context. Perhaps you're saying that there is no difference?

But 6x4 notation is handy when you have six wheels, sure.

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Re:Unlocking any car from X brand in most of the world by jacquesm on Monday November 09, 2026 @07:58AM (#50424979)
With a four wheel vehicle there is no difference between 4WD and AWD, just like with a six wheel vehicle there is no difference between 6WD and AWD.
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Re:Unlocking any car from X brand in most of the world by sgerenser on Monday November 09, 2026 @09:48AM (#50426402)
That’s definitely not accurate.
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Re:Unlocking any car from X brand in most of the world by prmoustache on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:58PM (#50433534)
There is no official definition afaik.
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Re:Unlocking any car from X brand in most of the world by mmooss on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:52PM (#50436196)
My understanding:

AWD: All wheels can get power and differentials are used for turning, etc. Therefore, if one wheel has no traction (snow / mud / ice) and slips, it draws all the power and you can't move without restoring traction.

4WD means all wheels spin at equal rates; there are no differentials. Therefore even if one wheel slips, the other three will pull you forward. Great for off-road but sucks for higher speed driving with turns.

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