Why only Mitsubishi can play the "horizontal four-wheel drive"?

In fact, there are not many horizontal four-wheel drive models, but there are not many companies that have such a wonderful layout of four-wheel drive systems. The horizontal four-wheel drive systems mostly appear in family cars. One key point of this four-wheel drive system is The horizontal engine layout is the most common layout for family cars.

In order to ensure the transmission efficiency and stability of civil front-wheel drive vehicles to the greatest extent, the transverse engine has a simple structure and does not take up too much space. It has become the first choice for civil vehicles, but civil vehicles must also play performance and off-road equipment. A four-wheel drive system.

In fact, most horizontal four-wheel drive vehicles are "hybrid". For example, the urban four-wheel drive SUV has a simple structure and weak performance, and cannot be used in the field. Maximize performance.

There is only Mitsubishi that is really the only one of the most popular horizontal four-wheel drive in civilian vehicles. The AWD system on the tenth generation of EVO can be regarded as the most advanced horizontal four-wheel drive system, and there is no one. It It has three differentials in the front and rear, and in cooperation with the limited slip device, the power from the high-horsepower engine is distributed to the greatest extent accurately and efficiently.

Super all-wheel control system is its full Chinese name. It can be seen from the name that this system is by no means good.

Because this four-wheel drive system has absolute power difference and front and rear differential locks, the default front and rear 50:50 distribution torque is directly connected to the gearbox, and the front lock is a set of spiral tooth limited slip The rear lock is a set of active torque vector control differential.

This system is the core of the entire four-wheel drive system. Compared with ordinary limited-slip differentials, this set of active vector control can actively distribute more torque to outer wheels that require stronger power in high-speed corners. Coaxial wheels Torque can be distributed unevenly. In other words, this four-wheel drive system can distribute power transmission more flexibly and autonomously, and obtain unequal amounts of torque according to the state of the vehicle and the state of the wheels, in order to achieve maximum performance driving force and grip.

This four-wheel drive system determines the strong base height.

It should be noted here that this kind of four-wheel drive often does not appear on the horizontal platform, because it is overkill, but Mitsubishi just put this powerful four-wheel drive system on the EVO, making it a myth in the touring car , After all, the emergence of this four-wheel drive system, so that it has the strength of one step faster and more outstanding performance.

The existence of four-wheel drive system can reflect more value, and the horizontal engine platform is to wipe out the product value to the greatest extent. After all, from the perspective of family cars, the horizontal platform has sacrificed a lot compared with the vertical platform. The most critical efficiency.

That is to say, the horizontal and performance four-wheel drive are completely conflicting things, so generally speaking, the horizontal four-wheel drive products do not have the glamorous performance, but Mitsubishi sets it like this, it is nothing more than to be in the market segment Get a stronger driving force, the energy is horizontal and the four-wheel drive is perfect. After seeing this EVO, some people will say that the Japanese car can't play the performance?