Ferdinand Porsche and his Lohner-Porsche Mixte Hybrid from 1900, called the "Semper Vivus" (Always Alive), was the world's first hybrid car. However, more notably, it was also the first to have a four ...

The distinction between all-wheel drive (AWD) convenience and true four-wheel drive (4WD) capability has often been the defining aspect for the discerning adventurer or someone who understands the ...

The automotive industry tends to use two different terms for vehicles that can send power to all four wheels: four-wheel drive (4WD) and all-wheel drive (AWD). There are mild variations of both, with ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy. Some ...

Driving a fuel-efficient hybrid vehicle can make you feel greener, but if you live where winter is more white than green, you might want to consider one of the hybrids that offer all-wheel drive. This ...

It may be common knowledge amongst car enthusiasts, but the layperson would likely be quite surprised to learn that four-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive aren't the same thing. The difference between ...

It may seem like rear-wheel drive cars are being phased out in favor of all-wheel-drive and front-wheel drive, but there's no need to panic about the death of RWD just yet. As it turns out, there are ...

Subaru’s entire marketing effort is hooked around the security and capability delivered by its symmetrical all-wheel drive system, but that doesn’t wash with the US National Parks Service (NPS). It ...

Jack's passion for cars started when Fernando Alonso won his first Formula 1 championship behind the wheel of the blue and yellow R25. Ever since, his enthusiasm for the automotive industry has ...