Locking differentials are a type of differential used in vehicles to improve traction and handling, especially in off-road or challenging terrain conditions. The purpose of a locking differential is ...

Horsepower is useless if you can't get it to the pavement. As a result, traction control and differentials are fitted to your car to control how an engine's output is transferred to the road, helping ...

Four-wheeling has never been safer with comprehensive systems like hill descent control. But how does HDC keep you from skidding down the trail?

Have you ever tried to accelerate quickly to merge onto a high-speed highway in bad weather and been stuck spinning one wheel? Open differentials are important when making turns as they allow for the ...

Technology like traction control is making cars safer and giving more vehicles greater capability. Now, everyday all-wheel drive crossovers can be decent off-road. Jalopnik alum Wes Siler thinks the ...

It's the summer of 1974, and you're ready to kick up some dust on California's Rubicon Trail in your Jeep CJ-5. Hope you're ready for a workout. To engage the old Jeep's four-wheel drive, first you ...

The 2016 GMC Sierra HD lineup is equipped with the Eaton Locker automatic locking rear differential, and it comes in handy during times where getting traction can be difficult. It’s what GMC refers to ...

Back in 2023, the Ford Motor Company sold 750,789 examples of the F-Series in the United States of America. Be that as it may, remember that General Motors sells full-size trucks under two brands.

There's a good reason we're rolling on dubs in a bone stock G35. It's part of an overly-complicated attempt at testing different types of limited-slip differentials on the same car, on the same day, ...

In garages, on trails, and around campfires, debate will always rage over what single modification is most effective in creating a capable 4x4. Is there one magic mod that can dramatically improve ...

The alphabet soup near your steering wheel or dashboard that lists a bunch of letters like “DSC,” “ESC,” “VSC” or any combination thereof, means less than nothing to most drivers. Yet ESC, or ...

Of course, manufacturers have leaned on OTA updates for a while now. But it’s poor procedure to roll out a model with missing functionalities and a promise that they’ll be added in time. That’s ...