Re: Motorweek shortchanges AMC
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Re: Motorweek shortchanges AMC



Rhett Butler wrote:
And technically, I suppose, the Eagle was never available with AWD. The
Eagle came with 4WD.

As I understand it, the difference between "4WD" and "AWD" is that the former cannot be used on dry pavement due to the lack of a center differential, and therefore are part-time systems. (This is the case with the early Subarus as well as the old Jeep 4WD wagons of the late 1940s.)

Since all AMC Eagles have a center differential and can be left in
"4-wheel-drive" under all conditions, including on dry pavement, they
actually should be classified as "all-wheel-drive" vehicles. (The early
Eagles could not even be switched into two-wheel-drive, they were true
full-time all-wheel-drive.)

Of course things get even more confused since AMC themselves used the
terms "Automatic 4-wheel drive," "4-wheel-drive," and "Select Drive" to
describe the Eagle's capabilitites. (My friend's Eagle has "4-wheel-drive"
factory logos on its sides.)

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