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What 4wd vehicle doesn’t have good ground clearance?!


Most stock pickups, actually. You'd be surprised how low the clearance is on a stock f150 without the various off-road packages. I.e. you can easily have a pickup with basic 4wd but only 8 inches of ground clearance. That's technically "high clearance", but not by much, and the poor approach, departure, and break over angles make it tough too.


Depending on your definition of "good," probably most of them. While I have been guilty of taking questionable AWD rentals on questionable roads in places like Death Valley when younger, you really want properly-equipped Jeep Rubicons and the like that you're not going to get from the average car rental place.


Subaru Impreza has less than 8 inches of ground clearance, which is the threshold they use in the link.


Imprezas are AWD, not 4WD, like all Subarus (well, the BRZ is RWD). The whole point of the article is that there's a difference!


First generation Subaru Justy.


Suzuki X-90 ?


None, which is my point. I'm trying to say I suspect it's ground clearance, not locking differentials that matters on these roads.


It is both.




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