The rear - biased quattro all - wheel drive system keeps all four wheels in check via
a Haldex clutch system that's similar to what's available in the Mk7 Golf R. Unfortunately, unlike the Golf R, I've not had the privilege of driving the TTS on a circuit to find its limits.
Not exact matches
There was also a faster - reacting hydraulic central
clutch in the
Haldex system, the options of Magnetic Ride dampers and six - speed S - tronic, and a few subtle visual tweaks including xenons with LED daytime running lights.
Powered by a choice of two 2.0 diesel engines or the most powerful 1.8 t petrol, the Scout's four - wheel drive
system makes use of
Haldex - 5 electronically - controlled multi-plate
clutch technology, to increase traction by 25 per cent compared with the standard front driven Octavia.
The Aero's all - wheel - drive
system also helps in this environment; this is Saab's so - called Cross Wheel Drive
system, which uses a
Haldex clutch to apportion torque front - to - rear and also features a torque - vectoring rear differential to mitigate understeer.
The TT RS, like other all - wheel drive cars on VW's MQB platform, employs a
Haldex system that uses a
clutch pack to engage the rear axle whenever the car decides it needs torque at both axles.
The 4Motion
system sends the power to the front wheels under normal driving conditions, but it is quick to react to a traction loss by engaging the fifth - gen
Haldex's
clutch pack.
The power is sent through a seven - speed dual -
clutch transmission, then out to the wheels via a
Haldex - based AWD
system.
The multi-plate
clutch at the heart of the Golf R's
Haldex 5 all - wheel drive
system is familiar enough, using an electro - hydraulic oil pump to engage and send almost 100 percent of available torque to the rear axle when a control unit deems it necessary.
The 2.0 T model used a 200 - hp 2.0 - L turbocharged gasoline four cylinder engine, and the 3.2 Quattro employed a 250 - hp 3.2 - L V06 tied to a
Haldex all - wheel - drive
system and VW's six - speed Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG), an automated transmission with twin computer - controlled
clutches.
Its 280 lb - ft of torque is channeled to a fast - reacting
Haldex all - wheel - drive
system through either a six - speed dual -
clutch or a six - speed manual.
One could argue Mercedes is using the RS3 as a blueprint; it will also feature a 7 - speed dual
clutch transmission and
Haldex - equipped all - wheel drive
system.
Essentially an Ateca X-cellence with added butch, the X-Perience comes with SEAT's 190bhp 2.0 litre TDI which gives a decent 295lb / ft of torque and drives it through a
Haldex clutch and four wheel drive
system to offer potentially decent off - road chops.
Here, the heart of the AWD
system, the electronically controlled hydraulic
clutch developed in cooperation with
Haldex AB of Sweden, has adjustable base - line torque of up to 80 Newton metres.
The Tiguan with 4MOTON electronically controls torque distribution front and rear via a
Haldex multi-plate
clutch, informed by data transmitted via its traction control and stability control
systems, as well as the wheel speed sensors used by the anti-lock braking
system.
Best thought of as one half of a
Haldex four - wheel drive
system, it uses
clutches to send anything up to 100 per cent of torque to either driven wheel.
It works in with an electro - hydraulic
Haldex style multiplate
clutch four - wheel - drive
system described as being suitably modified to handle the extraordinary torque loading.
Drive is channeled through a standard six - speed dual
clutch gearbox and
Haldex style multi-plate
clutch four - wheel drive
system.
This narrow angle sort - of - V6 sends its power to all four wheels via a
Haldex clutch - based
system, and that should sound familiar, because the Mk4 Golf R32 used the same configuration.