This increasingly less-common system can be found on the 2010 Nissan Xterra and 2010 Jeep Wrangler when teamed with a manual transmission.
The Toyota FJ Cruiser offers a part-time four-wheel-drive system on its automatic transmission versions, but the manual only comes with full-time four-wheel drive.
The aforementioned SUVs are still very much truck-based, rugged and off-road capable, which is where you’ll find these types of selectable systems.
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