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What are the different types of drives in automobiles? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

FF (front front drive), advantages: simple mechanism, lower cost, able to pillow the car more space. Disadvantages: bad handling, high speed cornering is easy to understeer, not suitable for climbing slopes.

FR (front rear drive), Pros: can balance the vehicle before and after the proportion of the vehicle to improve the handling of the vehicle, climbing ability is strong. Disadvantages: the benefit of space inside the vehicle by the impact of the drive shaft, the same level of models with less space inside the vehicle, the vehicle is unstable in rainy and snowy weather.

MR (Mid-Rear Drive), Pros: More balanced front and rear specific gravity compared to FR, superior handling and hill climbing ability. Disadvantages: Because of the mid-engine, MR platform models are basically two-seaters (suitable for sports cars).

RR (Rear-Rear Drive), Pros: Because of the rear-mounted engine and rear-wheel drive, the vehicle's center of gravity is centered on the rear wheels, which gives it excellent hill-climbing ability as well as acceleration. Disadvantages: Because the focus is on the rear wheels, it is very easy to oversteer.

quattro (four-wheel drive), four-wheel drive I now know is divided into full-time four-wheel drive and timely four-wheel drive.