عزيزنا "أرمادا كينج":
كما جاء موقع "ترك ترند"
http://www.trucktrend.com/features/163-1108-4wd-vs-awd/
فالإكسبلورر "مع أن نظام إدارة التضاريس يعطي السائق ثلاثة خيارات إلا أنه أشبه بـــ awd يدعي أنه 4wd"
وبحسب الموقع فهو مأخوذ من الرانج روفر
وسأقتبس:
From what we're seeing now, there are some interesting patterns emerging.
Land Rover was the first to market with a smarter four-wheel-drive system that gave different driver choices based on the type of terrain
Others have followed (Ford and Jeep) but we'd guess more will head that direction as well. Interestingly, Jeep uses it on their impressive Grand Cherokee models, called Selec-Terrain,
while Ford includes it on its new Explorer model, [COLOR=DarkRed]but only in an all-wheel-drive configuration[/COLOR]. Ford calls it the Terrain Management System,
and if it looks similar to Land Rover's all-wheel-drive system in the LR2, that's probably because the chief engineer on the new Explorer came from Land Rover. (Sometimes the world is even smaller than we think.)
Our only problem with the Explorer system is that it has been embedded onto a platform that was essentially designed to be a front-drive car, based off of the Ford Taurus chassis. Yes, there are too many changes to count between the Explorer and Taurus,
but the fact remains, it's an all-wheel-drive system adapted from a car platform and a bit of a letdown for a vehicle with a name that implies it can go anywhere -- the vehicle cannot.
