saw a four wheel drive civic today...

[Tuning 101]

Yay, now we have something to compete with against those Subaru's

[XSiteg]

accualy there is 3 diff models in 88-91 wagons that had awd those are the only years they made them

[lemonracer]

Originally Posted by PreludeClone

yeah it was pretty much a giant peice of crap. the tenth digit on the VIN validated it as an '89 model, and there was no way for us to run a dyno test on it, so I'm 100% positive it was a full time 4wd... not to mention it said it in three different places outside the car. ugly and crappy, but 4wd none the less

The car is a Honda Civic Wagovan, they were used for delvery cars when they first came out. I wanna say there are two different kinds of the AWD set up. The older models have a lever that you can change from AWD and FWD, kinda like a truck. The newer style has Realtime AWD, which is the same AWD that the CR-V's have. This only activates when the wheels slip.

Here are some links to people with these civics....


http://p196.ezboard.com/fhondacivicwagonfrm15
http://yota1man.tripod.com/vtecwagon/index.html

[laketahoe96]

i own an 89 "Wagovan" they were called "Wagons" and "Wagovans" something to do with changing the name so they could import more. Mine is 2WD with 210K miles and still delivering 30mpg. It is slow I have replaced just about everything but the engine and tranni keep pluggin along....I was told that the AWD model was the predecessor of the current CRV. Bought it new in 89 for $13K. Don't know what years AWD was built thought they were manufactured between 88 and 90 I know they were in 89 and 90