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Torque Shop: Little in favour of four-wheel-drive cars in an urban environment
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Unless you do off-road driving, a four-wheel-drive car is largely unnecessary.
PHOTO: KOREA TOURISM ORGANIZATION
Shreejit Changaroth
The vast majority of passenger vehicles on Singapore’s roads are two-wheel drive, including SUVs.
Most manufacturers offer four-wheel drive on cars with a power output of more than 300hp. A distribution of power across two axles makes such vehicles easier to control compared with those with two-wheel drive. In more sophisticated systems, torque can even be apportioned to each wheel, optimising grip and traction further.
