4motion

4motion is a registered trademark of Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen AG), used for naming four-wheel drive (4WD) systems, used exclusively on Volkswagen-branded automobiles.

It must be noted that "4motion" is a trademark, and does not imply which particular 4WD system technology is being employed on a particular car model.

Volkswagen parent company Volkswagen AG has used different trademark names for their various brands of 4WD vehicles. Previously, Volkswagen cars used the term "Syncro", but currently they only use the term "4motion".

For their Audi branded cars, they use "quattro". Sister companies Škoda simply uses the nomenclature "4x4" after the model name, whereas SEAT merely uses "4".

It is important to note that none of the above trademarks or nomenclatures define the operation or type of 4WD system.

Generally, Volkswagen would use Haldex Traction systems on their transverse-engined cars. For longitudinal-engined cars, they would use a Torsen differential-based 4WD system instead.

It has been suggested that [[::quattro (four wheel drive system)#Viscous Coupling|quattro (four wheel drive system)#Viscous Coupling]] be merged into this article or section. (Discuss)

See also

• quattro - the famed Audi branded four wheel drive system
• 4Matic - a four wheel drive system from Mercedes-Benz
• All-Trac - a four wheel drive system from Toyota
• ATTESA - a four wheel drive system from Nissan

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	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
City car																			Lupo							Fox
Supermini	... Polo Mk1		Polo Mk2									Polo Mk2F			Polo Mk3						Polo Mk3F		Polo Mk4			Polo Mk4F
	... Derby Mk1
Small family car	... Type 1 (Beetle)																		New Beetle
	... Golf Mk1				Golf Mk2							Golf Mk3							Golf Mk4					Golf Mk5						Golf Mk6
	... Jetta Mk1					Jetta Mk2							Vento							Bora						Jetta Mk5
Large family car	Passat I	Passat II							Passat III						Passat IV				Passat V							Passat VI
Exec. luxury car																							Phaeton
Coupé	... Scirocco I		Scirocco II																										Scirocco III
									Corrado																				Passat CC
Convertible	. . . Golf Mk1 Cabriolet					Golf Mk2 Cabriolet										Golf Mk3 Cabriolet								New Beetle Cabriolet
																											Eos
Compact MPV																										Golf Plus
																								Touran
Large MPV																Sharan
Off-roader (SUV)																												Tiguan
																									Touareg
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Subcompact								Fox / Fox wagon
Compact	Rabbit I					Golf II								Golf III						Golf IV							Rabbit V
	Jetta I					Jetta II								Jetta III						Jetta IV						Jetta V
	Dasher																			New Beetle
Mid-size			Quantum								Passat III				Passat IV				Passat V							Passat VI
Full-size																									Phaeton
Coupé	Scirocco I		Scirocco II								Corrado																			Passat CC
Convertible	Rabbit Convertible					Cabriolet										Cabrio											Eos
																								New Beetle Convertible
Van	Vanagon (Type 2 - T3)												Eurovan (T4)																	Routan
Pickup	Rabbit LX
Compact SUV																														Tiguan
Luxury SUV																									Touareg
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Economy car	Gol / Parati (I)							Gol / Parati (IF)								Gol / Parati (II)				Gol / Parati / Gol Country (III)						Gol / Parati / Gol Country (IV)
	Voyage / Gacel (I)							Amazon / Senda (IF)										Polo Classic (Mk3)
Supermini																								Fox / CrossFox
																											SpaceFox / Suran
Supermini																							Polo (Mk4)					Polo (Mk4F)
Small family car															Pointer			Golf Mk3		Golf Mk4
											Apollo			Logus						Bora							Vento / Jetta
Large family car	Passat I															Passat III			Passat IV							Passat VI
					Santana / Carat / Quantum
Panel van																	Caddy III
Pickup truck					Saveiro (I)				Saveiro (IF)									Saveiro (II)			Saveiro (III)						Saveiro (IV)
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