This is in relation to the Awd models like cx5 and Honda crv. Any suggestions? TBh, personally not favor AWD car. My thought was SUV is oredi a heavy car. with AWd, the FC and performance are surely inferior.

Higher fuel consumption.

Tyre wear off faster.

more traction is always safer in high speed dry/wet cornering...

if cannot afford the extra fc... look for other cars...

If uncle have some construction, kelapa sawit, durian plantation some non tar road then consider AWD especially rainy seasons.

If aunty go market, pick kids from school then 2WD enuf.

if you dont like AWD or SUV, then better you stick to sedan with FWD or RWD.

First of all not all SUVs are AWD/4WD. Some comes in 2 wheel drive options too.

Even if SUVs come with 4WD, its like what they call an "intelligent" 4WD where the car runs on 2WD until the car detects wheel slip or wheel spin when the 4WD will automatically engage. So it doesn't run on 4wd all the time.

This post has been edited by TOMEI-R: Aug 22 2024, 11:27 AM

Cons
1. Fuel consumption
2. Tyre / brake wear
3. AWD controller exposure
4. Parts are interlinked, one spoil the rest cannot function properly
5. Maintenance oils / grease consumption
6. Gearbox more prone to jerking if poor maintenance compared to other types

Pros
1. More power deliverable
2. Better traction and handling
3. Suspension can handle uneven roads better averaging out

can continue

Mitsubishi explanation in AWD

Weight shifts to the front causing the rear end to become light. Full throttle through a corner depends if the tires have grip. If the rear tires grip, you'll understeer. If the rear tires begin to break loose, you can throttle/oversteer on a corner exit, you just have to get the rear tires to spin a bit.

Subaru explanations in AWD

Because an All-Wheel Drive car only transmits half of the drive force at each wheel, the amount of grip available for cornering forces is greater than a Rear-Wheel Drive car for the same level of engine power. Meaning that the best AWD car will lose sideways grip at much higher cornering forces than the best RWD car

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This post has been edited by BoomerangCircles: Aug 22 2024, 11:36 AM

Most on the road AWD from Mazda or CRV are part time or on-demand AWD. Means most of the time 90% of the power still go thru the front wheels and only during emergency or front tires loss traction only trigger rear tires. These kind of AWD usually dont have much performance as it may lag 1~2 second before actual activating it.

The only full time AWD from Japanese is from Subaru which all the time 60% front, 40% rear power distribution (CVT) while manual gear is 50:50, and usually they got the best reaction time during emergency and off road condition.

The fuel consumption for modern AWD are not far from FWD nowadays and if driven well may even match or better especially driving on hill areas as AWD tend to have better weight/power distribution (less understeer/oversteer) and easy to slide thru corners.

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This is the answer you're looking for.

I'd say 80% use case you don't need AWD, just need better tyres. But if indeed you drive off-road often, then definitely AWD.

Don't kena kon people say AWD makes it more stable on rainy highway driving etc. It might be the case but good tyres on 2WD is better than crap tyres using AWD.

Try ask someone borrow you example Subaru Xv and drive on highway & hill roads (genting) during rainy season, while also test drive another FWD similar ride like Honda HRV, Toyota Corolla Cross or Mazda CX-3/30. To be fair all tire condition in good and feel your self, especially Genting roads with wet situation, you will know the difference very fast. Until test driven different rides, then you will know the difference for different suspension set up and drivetrain.

my thoughts too that AWD tends to be a few seconds slower than a FWD or RWD car in century sprint. correct?

Consider OP is asking about CX5 and CRV, which have on-demand AWD systems and not the XV's asymmetrical system.

If OP is comparing within CX5 range or CRV range, the AWD system in those are basically useless 80% of the time, unless you go offroad often or drive like a madman in the wet.

Subaru's AWD is very different, its on all the time. So obviously it would feel better, but whether it's necessary or not if you drive normally is the question.

If you plan to drive up Genting in the wet and never drop below 80kph, then yeah, maybe stick to an XV.

But if you drive within speed limit, carrying family and cargo on paved roads, you honestly don't need any AWD systems.

tbh Forester 2.0 AWD not that fuel consuming in my opinion, it does better than X50, but X50 have a lot of torque higher than even some NA 2.4L engine.

correct bro! if that's the case i don't see the purpose of buying the AWD model of the crv and it costs 15k more than the normal variant. further more with higher FC and slower performance.

Forester under XT variant is the only one equip with turbo if need greater torque

The worst fuel consumption is xtrail 2.5kcc variant AWD.

If you rly into AWD either Mitsubishi/Subaru/quattro , just my personal preference.

Save the money and get good, fresh tyres is a wiser choice, OP.