I worked at New Venture Gear in Syracuse, NY at the time and we had been awarded the business for the transfer case on this vehicle. The transfer case was single speed, open bevel gear differential with the smallest chain I had ever seen. We had a Mercedes C Series wagon as a test mule, never got a real deal vehicle…

This does not have a viscous coupling. It’s an open diff. BMW used the brakes to control slip when things got slippery. I’m very familiar with this system as I developed the transfer case at New Venture Gear. Glad to see that it’s still splitting torque.

Just put new rear brakes on mine if you count a B7 Avant as vintage. Can’t wait for the snow to fall. Let the drifting begin!

Not sure what he should get but I would recommend getting it at Jim’s Autoworld.

Maybe even Jeep Liberty? Last generation.

Brought both of my kids home in this.

I put diesel in a rental car in France once. I was headed out for a day of driving in the Alps with my destination set to Turin Italy to visit some friends. I stopped at a gas station overlooking Monaco and started putting “gazole” which I thought was gas in the tank. As I was pumping I thought it was odd it smelled…

On one of my yearly trips to STPR in Wellsboro, PA I was driving a prototype Dodge Ram Megacab diesel on loan from Chyrsler. At the time I was working for a transfer case supplier and we had a prototype transfer case in the truck. After leaving the water stage I decided to take the route that involved crossing a…

Malaga Spain