With crossovers basically taking over the market, the FWD vs 4WD debate is becoming more and more fiery, as most carmakers offer both possibilities for their models. In a rather surprising move, the European Honda CR-V comes to show that sometimes the all-wheel drive is pure marketing - the vehicle has been tested by Swedish magazine Teknikens Värld, with its 4WD system failing to work properly and basically letting the front axle do 100 percent of the work.
The Swedes, the same people who announced the Porsche Macan failed the moose test, put the CR-V through their usual barrage of procedures for all-wheel drive crossovers and SUV. The car was driven on an incline, with the front wheels over a pair of rollers, which only left the rear wheels on the traction side.
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