Is the Tiguan equipped with four-wheel drive?
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It features a full-time four-wheel drive system that can dynamically distribute power between the front and rear wheels based on different terrain conditions, and can even apply all driving force to a single wheel when necessary. More details are as follows: 1. Full-time four-wheel drive means that the vehicle is always driven by all four wheels independently. In English, "All Wheel Drive" is abbreviated as "AWD". Full-time four-wheel drive distributes driving force to all four tires through a flexibly connected central differential and independent front and rear axle differentials. Unlike purely mechanical differential locks, the differential in a full-time four-wheel drive system can be either a viscous coupling or a multi-clutch type, but both allow for a speed difference between the front and rear wheels, as well as between the left and right wheels. Whether a vehicle has full-time four-wheel drive entirely depends on the construction of the transfer case. As the core component that manages different driving states of the vehicle, the transfer case significantly influences the overall performance of the vehicle. 2. Full-time four-wheel drive means that the vehicle maintains a four-wheel drive configuration throughout the entire driving process, with the engine's output torque distributed to the front and rear wheels at a fixed ratio. This drive mode ensures excellent off-road and handling performance at all times, but it cannot adjust torque distribution based on road conditions and results in higher fuel consumption. On the other hand, on-demand four-wheel drive uses a computer chip to switch between two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive. On normal roads, the vehicle operates in two-wheel drive mode, but when encountering off-road conditions or wheel slippage, the computer detects and automatically distributes power to the other two wheels. For on-demand four-wheel drive systems, the quality of the control program affects the intelligence of the drive mode switching. Additionally, there is also a part-time four-wheel drive (Part-Time 4WD) system, where the driver manually controls the switching between drive modes.
