Difference Between AWD and 4WD If we roll back a few years, people had very narrow options when it came to choosing a car with 4 driven wheels. It was mainly centered at trucks or large SUVs. In India, one such car was Maruti Suzuki Gypsy . But fast forward to 2020 and choosing a car with 4 driven wheels is nothing less than a headache with so many good options in the market. Statistics show that almost 45% of the cars sold in the States are equipped with either AWD or 4WD . These two terms will probably mean the same to most of my readers and it’s not a surprise. Even many car companies consider them as same but different marketing terms. After BMW released its M5 which has 4WD, I checked their UK website and this is what they: But various car experts say that though these two systems are quite same, there are few factors where these two differ. Let’s do a quick analysis of both the systems and try to figure out...