In ancient times, all-wheel drive vehicles were either a specialized military and professional “topic” or, in the case of civilian vehicles, they were purely a tool to reach hard-to-reach places on bad roads or completely off-road. Over the past few decades, primarily for marketing purposes, all-wheel drive has begun to be installed on even simple sedans, let alone crossovers and SUVs, and it’s not hard to guess that this has fundamentally changed the sales statistics of “4×4” cars.
Especially according to analysts “Automatic statistics”In Russia, the share of new all-wheel drive vehicles in sales at the end of eight months of this year was the highest ever at 41.5%. According to statistics, during a specific period, 845,000 new cars were sold nationwide, including 351,000 all-wheel drive vehicles.
It is thought that all-wheel drive is not just for overcoming difficult routes, but for better stability and controllability on general roads. In general, for Russia, all-wheel drive cars are not a luxury or indulgence, but a necessity due to their winter and street-cleaning qualities. After all, situations abound where you need to stop and drive out of the snow, and on a single-drive vehicle, this maneuver usually ends with finding a shovel and digging out the trapped car.
