 This action will push the rear around the corner, and helping with steering, reducing understeer and keeping the car balanced and controlled.The effect can be likened to steering in a row boat where applying more power to one oar can turn the boat.The SH-AWD all-wheel-drive system was lauded by "Popular Science" as one of the best automotive innovations of 2004, and as part of an already tech-filled vehicle helped to earn the 2005 "Tech car of the year" from CNET.com.