Normally, the front axle is the primary drive axle in the Passat Alltrack 4MOTION; while the rear axle only gets ten per
cent of the drive torque, saving on fuel.
Following the strip rear LED lighting of the AMG GT S, the 911 Turbo does a fine job of shrinking around you on the road and it turns - in with assurance, assisted by active rear - steer and an electrically - controlled all - wheel drive system that can shuffle 100 per
cent of drive torque to the front or rear axles as required.
An aptly named «drift» function allows up to 70 per cent of power to be sent to the rear wheels, with as much as 100 per
cent of that driving torque sent to one individual wheel.
Not exact matches
The resulting ATTESA E-TS Pro — or Advanced Total Traction Engineering System for All - Electronic
Torque Split — would employ a number
of sensors to monitor lateral acceleration and individual wheel speeds, enabling an electronically controlled, hydraulically operated multiplate clutch pack to send up to 50 per
cent of the GT - R's
drive to the front wheels when required.
Like other recent 43 - badged models, the GLC 43 uses a 3 - litre, V6 biturbo petrol engine and
drives all four wheels through Mercedes» 4Matic all - wheel
drive system, with 69 per
cent of the
torque directed to the rear axle.
More relevant is the all - wheel
drive system with Dynamic
Torque Control, sending up to 50 per cent of the engine's torque rearwards, and «performance dampers» to increase cornering ag
Torque Control, sending up to 50 per
cent of the engine's
torque rearwards, and «performance dampers» to increase cornering ag
torque rearwards, and «performance dampers» to increase cornering agility.
Drive is sent to all four wheels, of course, but this new RS uses a quattro four - wheel drive system that can send 100 per cent of torque to either axle — although it'll only do so in extreme circumsta
Drive is sent to all four wheels,
of course, but this new RS uses a quattro four - wheel
drive system that can send 100 per cent of torque to either axle — although it'll only do so in extreme circumsta
drive system that can send 100 per
cent of torque to either axle — although it'll only do so in extreme circumstances.
Drive is still sent to all four wheels via a seven - speed S tronic dual - clutch transmission, though the latest setup can now send up to 100 per
cent of the car's power to the rear wheels alone, in certain situations, with a
torque vectoring effect through the multi-plate clutch on the rear axle to also divert power to the wheels with the greatest grip.
The four - wheel
drive system can send up to 50 per
cent of its
torque to the rear axle, although it is primarily front - wheel
drive like all Haldex - based systems.
The new GT is 100 per
cent rear - wheel
drive almost all
of the time, only sending
torque to the front when slip is detected.
4MOTION four - wheel
drive is standard fit; in normal
driving, 90 per
cent of power goes to the front wheels, but should conditions require, nearly all
of it can be sent to the back by a Haldex clutch taking up
torque at the rear axle.
In normal
driving 60 per
cent of the engine's power and
torque is sent to the rear axle, with up to 85 per
cent able to be sent to the rear or 70 per
cent to the front axle in extreme conditions.
Operating on the
torque - on - demand principle, the AWD system sends 100 per
cent of the engine's
torque to the rear wheels under normal
driving conditions.
Equally impressive is the greatly improved
driving flexibility, courtesy
of the increased
torque — acceleration from 50 - 75 mph is now 10 per
cent quicker at 5.6 seconds, accompanied by an emotive rasp from twin tailpipes
of the sports exhaust.
Offroad Detection technology The advanced engines and transmissions are complemented by the latest incarnation
of the quattro four - wheel -
drive system, which supplies 60 per
cent of torque to the back wheels in normal
driving conditions, and can divert up to 85 per
cent rearwards or 65 per
cent to the front in order to retain traction on rougher surfaces if necessary.
Most
of the
torque is transmitted to the rear wheels in ordinary
driving, with a
torque split
of between five and 10 per
cent diverted to the front wheels.
To help it
drive more like a powerful rear - wheel
drive sedan, AMG engineers say the standard - fit 4MATIC all - wheel
drive is rear - biased, with as much as 69 per
cent of its
torque channelled to the rear wheels in normal operating conditions.
Capable
of churning out a peak 255 bhp along with a maximum
of 632Nm
of torque, this power - packed oil - burner gets mated to a reworked 4MATIC AWD system and a 7 - speed G - Tronic automatic transmission gearbox to deliver a fuel - economy that is 20 per
cent higher (in the European
driving cycle) than that offered by its preceding models.
I spoke with CV Raman - the man in charge
of Maruti's Engineering and R&D - and he told me that while peak
torque may kick in at 2000 rpm almost 70 - 80 per
cent is available much lower in the band - allowing for great city
driving.
It's a geared ATB (Automatic
Torque Biasing) differential from UK - based firm Quaife, which can send anything up to 80 per cent of available torque to one driven
Torque Biasing) differential from UK - based firm Quaife, which can send anything up to 80 per
cent of available
torque to one driven
torque to one
driven wheel.
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.
Audi's injected some two - turning / two - burning spirit into the RS 5's quattro all - wheel
drive by setting it up with a static 40/60 front / rear
torque split and it can channel as much as 85 per
cent of drive to the rear, which is then distributed side - to - side by an electro - mechanical sports differential.
It will also make the most
of its electric
drive system to provide intelligent all - wheel
drive, capable
of delivering anything from 100 to zero per
cent of available
torque to any given wheel according to demand.
Intelligent all - wheel
drive can send up to 100 per
cent of the available
torque to any given wheel, suggesting that there's either a motor at each corner or a twin - motor setup with one on each axle and the facility to fully
torque - vector to one side or the other.
The 2019 Altima's optional new all - wheel
drive system can channel 50 per
cent of its
torque to the rear wheels in slippery conditions.
At the limits
of the motor speed range, the power and
torque of the enhanced
drive system represent an improvement
of up to 40 per
cent over the BMW i3.
All - wheel
drive is available on demand with up to 100 per
cent of torque on offer at each axle.
VW says the system eradicates wheelspin and slip, and up to 100 per
cent of the
torque can be sent to each
of the axles depending on the
driving situation.
Power is delivered to the quattro all - wheel -
drive system via a seven - speed dual - clutch transmission, while variable
torque distribution means that up to 100 per
cent of the
torque can be sent to one axle if the
driving situation depends on it.
Dynamic Bentley
driving experience - ZF 6HP28 transmission with «Quickshift» system that cuts shift times by 50 per
cent and enables double downshifts - New 40:60 rear - biased
torque split for the all - wheel
drive system reduces understeer when powering out
of bends and provides for better modulation
of line and attitude by «throttle steering» - Increased front and rear track improves grip and stability - Advanced ESC system fully exploits the potential
of the more powerful W12 engine and improved chassis - 20» and (optional) 21» wheels
The Torsen centre - diff - based all - wheel
drive system (UK cars get an electronically controlled rear diff too) is supposed to send 70 per -
cent of torque to the rear axle under the right conditions, but giving it a boot - full on exit merely results in spectacular traction spitting you out the other side with venom, rather than eliciting any wiggly - arse moments.
Just like the Continental GT, the Supersports is an all - wheel
drive, but 60 per
cent of the powertrain's
torque is fed to the rear wheels.
On flowing roads south
of Hobart, the S1 is fun to thread, thanks largely to its single - lane size and sophisticated all - wheel
drive system, which can send
torque to individual wheels and theoretically split
drive from 100 per
cent front to 100 per
cent rear.