The average two-wheel-drive car carries four such parts, known as constant-velocity joint (CVJ) halfshafts.

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At the same time it is weak in hot segments, like crossovers--vehicles that combine the softer ride and better mileage of a passenger car with the four-wheel drive of a sport utility vehicle.

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It has thrived on the outsourcing by car firms of complex components and on the burgeoning demand for four-wheel-drive transmissions.

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Rent a car with good tires, high clearance and, preferably, four-wheel drive.

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As he arrived home and got out of his car, Milonas was seized by four hooded men who forced him back behind the steering wheel and ordered him, at gunpoint, to drive away.

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Car rental agencies report that a secondary market has developed, with American officers subletting four-wheel-drive vehicles at a 50% mark-up.

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We hit it, the steering wheel went dead and the car began to glide, ghosting toward the shoulder, which looked about four feet wide and well below the surface of the new blacktop it was a big drop-off of five or six inches and the shoulder was red clay drenched with rain.

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