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below: Four-wheel drive, All-wheel drive, AWD, 4WD, or 4x4
("four by four") is a four-wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain
that allows all four wheels to receive torque from the engine
simultaneously. While many people associate the term with off-
road vehicles and Sport utility vehicles, powering all four
wheels provides better control than normal road cars on many
surfaces, and is an important part in the sport of rallying. In
abbreviations such as 4×4, the first figure is normally the
total number of wheels, and the second the number of powered
wheels. (The numbers actually refer to axle-ends, which may have
more than one wheel.) 4×2 means a four-wheel vehicle that