No. These are two entirely different functions.
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No. Two very different things. Independent suspension just means that you don't have a solid axle running between the wheels.. All wheel drive is a traction control mechanism which engages, disengages, locks, and unlocks all four wheels to provide constant traction and forward driving force.
All wheel drive is all wheel drive, all the time. Four wheel drive is engaged or disengaged by the driver.
No, they usually have something called a CV (constant velocity) joint which is sort of same, same but different.
I have always understood that an allwheel drive car is always using all four wheels under power, while a 4 wheel drive car can be selected for either 2 or 4 wheel drive in a high or low ratio setting. Actually, "All Wheel Drive" delivers power to either the front or rear wheels, depending on which has the least resistance. Power is transferred between front & rear according to the surface traction. Power is never delivered to both front & rear at the same time, except with symmetrical AWD such as Subaru.
If you are comparing two trucks of the same make, model, and year then yes a 4x4 will consume more gas due to the extra weight of the axle, transfer case, additional drive line, and heavier front suspension, as well as the increased friction that the additional drive train causes. However if you get stuck in a two wheel drive truck you will be wishing very much that you had a 4x4 regardless of the cost of gas!
Four wheel independent suspension means that each of the four wheels moves up and down independent of the others. Four wheel drive means that the engine can send power to all four wheels for additional forward traction.
No. Two very different things. Independent suspension just means that you don't have a solid axle running between the wheels.. All wheel drive is a traction control mechanism which engages, disengages, locks, and unlocks all four wheels to provide constant traction and forward driving force.
No. Two very different things. Independent suspension just means that you don't have a solid axle running between the wheels.. All wheel drive is a traction control mechanism which engages, disengages, locks, and unlocks all four wheels to provide constant traction and forward driving force.
No. 4 wheel drive front suspension is totally different, plus transfer case support. Generally 4x4 frames are more structurally built to handle twisting in off road riding
Ball joints are in the front suspension, it is basically what the wheel assembly pivots on when you turn. Universal joints are on the ends of the drive shaft in a rear wheel drive vehicle. At the transmission and rear end. They give the drive line some flexibility. The same principal is in front wheel drive but are referred to as constant velocity joints, or CV joints.
All wheel drive is all wheel drive, all the time. Four wheel drive is engaged or disengaged by the driver.
It has an independent suspension because it uses the same platform as a Jaguar S-Type.
Of course they do they are the same thing because cars only have 4 wheels, so it would be the same as an all wheel drive.
The 4 wheel drive and 2 wheel drive engines are the exact same.
Yes, assuming the car has four wheels, four-wheel-drive is the same thing as all-wheel-drive. Not always, four wheel drive provides a positive lock between the front and rear axles. All wheel drive has a differential between them most of the time.
The same way as a rear wheel drive.
They could be. Depends on how they were built.