Originally Posted by maweitao
And what the hell does Super Handling All Wheel Drive mean? You can trademark anything and say your car is the first to have it. Although, I wonder if they've incorporated a system similar to ATTS from the 5th gen Prelude in that car.
Otherwise its just marketing nonsense, which is likely is, either way.
Actually, it is somewhat like ATTS from the 5th gen Prelude SH.
The Prelude SH was front wheel drive, but it had an electronically controlled differential that could vary the torque split between its right and left front wheels to help with handling.
SH-AWD does somewhat the same thing, but with all four wheels. It has three electronically controlled differentials: one in front, one center, and one rear. The front and rear diffs can split the torque at that axle anywhere from 100/0 to 0/100 right-to-left, and of course any combination in between. The center differential varies the torque anywhere from 30/70 to 70/30 front to rear, with any combination in between. All three torque splits are determined by the SH-AWD computer and are tied in with traction control and yaw control functions.