: an automobile drive mechanism that acts on all four wheels of the vehicle
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Permanent all-wheel drive and an eight-speed automatic transmission conspire with all that power to enable fantastic acceleration.
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Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 21 Mar. 2023
The vehicle will be sold as rear-wheel and all-wheel drive.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2023
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Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 21 Mar. 2023
The vehicle will be sold as rear-wheel and all-wheel drive.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2023
See all Example Sentences for all-wheel drive
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“All-wheel drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-wheel%20drive. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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