# For a v6 suv awd or 2 wheel

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/for-a-v6-suv-awd-or-2-wheel/66441>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [July 21, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/for-a-v6-suv-awd-or-2-wheel/66441 "2011-07-21T02:37:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![daliak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@daliak](https://community.cartalk.com/u/daliak)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/for-a-v6-suv-awd-or-2-wheel/66441/1 "2011-07-21T02:37:50Z")

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I want to buy a 2011 jeep Cherokee  
What is safer to drive Awry or rear quell drive?

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**Author:** ![daliak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@daliak](https://community.cartalk.com/u/daliak)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/for-a-v6-suv-awd-or-2-wheel/66441/2 "2011-07-21T02:39:08Z")

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correctione Awd or rear wheel drive

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**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/for-a-v6-suv-awd-or-2-wheel/66441/3 "2011-07-21T02:58:27Z")

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It always depends upon the conditions.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/for-a-v6-suv-awd-or-2-wheel/66441/4 "2011-07-21T03:22:12Z")

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I can think of no cases where rwd would be safer than awd, and I can think of cases where awd would be safer than rwd (slippery conditions).

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**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 11:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/for-a-v6-suv-awd-or-2-wheel/66441/5 "2011-07-21T11:13:21Z")

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One benefit I have seen in some trucks is better load carrying handling and capacity of rwd over their awd/4wd counterparts. The opposite is true if awd is compared to fwd in other vehicles.