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Originally Posted by v1p3r Men In Black!
How does MB's 4Matic system work? Is it all-time AWD? What's the torque split? What's the max torque % that goes to front or rear?
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Yea! Black's my favorite. Except Acura TL which is silver all my cars are black. Merc's 4Matic is a permanent AWD system. The max torque that goes to the rear is 65% and the max to the front is 50%. This was told by my sales person when I bought the car. But remember the torque constantly changes to all the 4 tyres depending on the traction to each one of them. For example if one of the tyres get stuck or slips/Revs in snow, the torque to that particular wheel is 0% and the system tries to concentrate on the remaining tyres which have the road grip. This way your tyres dont get damaged and you have perfect balance and no slipping in snow or heavy rain. I haven't taken mine to off-road, so cant comment on off-road drive. I've driven my car for 2 winters on snow and I'm very much satisfied by its performance.
If you take BMW all wheel drive (xi) sedans, they have max torque to the rear wheels in ideal conditions, almost like a RWD car but again when it senses some slippery surfaces it automatically changes the torque depending on the sensors from ABS and traction contol system. I ordered a RWD BMW 335i this time. if the whether is bad I can always take out merc.
Nissan's infiniti AWD (US luxury series) sedans works like a RWD and automatically switched to all wheel drive like others.
You might know that typical SUV's have a switch which upon activated shifts into a 4 wheel drive. Whenever some car says AWD, then it means its an permanent All wheel drive system. 4WD is kinda manual switching. Quote:
Originally Posted by v1p3r Seems like you've parked yourself in a lot full of domestics. |
I live in a place where all veterans, oldies, retired people live mostly cops and firefighters. Its a safe place though esp when you love your cars like babies ![Smile](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.png) |