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usually have similar transmission arrangements to those
of off-road utility vehicles, but otherwise offer a better
compromise in terms of an all-weather capability both
on and off the road, combined with a more acceptable
level of comfort for private use.
On-road motor cars In modern practice these have
usually been developed from basically front-wheel-drive
layouts, their transaxles having been adapted to provide
an offtake for rear-wheel drive, which in more recent
examples is permanently engaged. The advantage
sought here is not so much concerned with the ability to
cross rough ground, since their ground clearance is in