{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"#35: All Wheel Drive, How it Works, Plus Our AWD Favorites","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/35-all-wheel-drive-how-it-works-plus-our-awd-favorites","audioUrl":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/d812ad6e-e2f5-4fe2-a52e-cab74cd34b90/All_Wheel_Drive-How_it_Works_Plus_Our_Favorites.mp3?dest-id=5058115","description":"Welcome back to the Life Plus Cars Podcast!    Winter appears to finally be over in New England. As they bid farewell to the cold weather, Brendan and Ian talk all wheel drive. On this week's episode: -Brendan shares his tech tips on how an all wheel drive system works and a brief history of how AWD became popular in mainstream cars. The two hosts share their top picks for all wheel drive cars, both past and present. Plus, Brendan and Ian share their Craigslist Find of the Week, the All Wheel Drive edition!   What do you think, listener? What are some of your favorite all wheel drive vehicles? Let us know and write to us at lifepluscars@gmail.com   Or say hello over on Instagram @lifepluscars   Life Plus Cars: Curating Car Conversations!  "},"annotations":[{"startTime":3.4,"endTime":13.4,"type":"brand","title":"quattro","url":"/glossary/quattro","quote":"I don't actually think it's like a great system. It's just like when I think all-wheel drive. I think quattro, right? \n\nThere's yeah, they really have just marketed so much that it's just like the authority on all-wheel drive","canonicalId":"brand:quattro","priority":0.9,"confidence":0.95,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"“quattro” is Audi’s brand name for its all-wheel-drive system. In the conversation, it’s used as shorthand for a well-known, marketing-heavy AWD identity, which helps set up the episode’s focus on how different AWD systems work.","simplifiedExplanation":"“quattro” is Audi’s name for its all-wheel-drive system. 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You turn the engine sideways\nso it's called a transversely mounted engine and then you put a\nTransmission and transfer case in one attach to the engine and then two axles come out of it and go to the front wheels\nSo it's all this compacted unit right over the front tires of the vehicle\nAnd that's it out back behind the car.","canonicalId":"concept:front-wheel-drive","priority":0.9,"confidence":0.95,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"Front-wheel drive (FWD) places the engine and transmission in a compact layout near the front of the car, often with a transversely mounted engine. Power then goes through a transfer/drive setup to two front axles, which drive the front wheels.","simplifiedExplanation":"Front-wheel drive means the front wheels get the engine’s power. 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