Here is my theory. I believe in most cars FWD robs less power than if they were RWD. But since the SVX's tranny is desgined to be a rear wheel drive tranny. they use a shaft that goes through the transmission from the back where power is than transfered up front where as in my car it goes directly to the rear diff. Also have AWD SVX owners ever noticed that the car barely has any more power when in FWD. where with my car it feels like you just lightend the vehicle 300LBS. It revs much faster than it dit when it was AWD