Trucks and SUVs with a four-wheel (4WD) or all-wheel (AWD) drivetrain have an advantage over two-wheel-drive (2WD) vehicles in carrying heavy loads, off-roading, or driving in wintry or inclement ...

Some drivers want leather seats and carpet floors but don't need 4WD. Chevy will keep catering to them, at least for the time being. I asked Chevy Trucks Marketing Director Mike MacPhee about the ...

Tim, we get the draw of this swap, and we get plenty of 2WD-to-4WD swap questions in general, but the answer isn't always easy. There are several parts that are different between the 2WD and 4WD ...

Yamaha has been building eBikes for three decades and experimenting with 2WD motorcycles since 1992. A new concept to be shown at the Japan Mobility Show later this month suggests a lightweight AWD ...

For years, I thought a two-wheel-drive (2WD) van wasn’t capable of getting me to the places I like to camp the most: dispersed sites at the end of long, rough forest service roads somewhere in ...

A 2WD Jeep Wrangler JK? As oxymoronic as the idea may seem, Jeep offers and sells quite a few of these models each year. We, of course, have never really had a use for such a vehicle since it would ...

Four-wheel drive is like salt. Sometimes you need it. On tomatoes and chips. Sometimes - on cupcakes and strawberries - you don't. The interesting bit is when its benefits are surprising or debatable.

With the right tire and frame of mind, you don’t need a 4×4 to have fun in the dirt. I had a blast driving a 2WD Toyota Tacoma through the desert! For 2025, the Tacoma offers either a turbocharged ...

At times, one would have heard people talk about drive trains and an assortment of abbreviations associated with them such as 2WD, AWD, 4WD, RWD, and others. While it may seem daunting to understand ...