This designation indicates a standard two-wheel-drive layout on a four-wheeled vehicle. The first number represents the total wheel ends, and the second represents the driven wheel ends. It is commonly used in commercial truck specs to distinguish standard rear-wheel-drive models from their four-wheel-drive counterparts.
Heard on the job
The fleet manager ordered ten 4x2 chassis cabs because they don't need off-road capability for urban deliveries.
Also heard as
- two-wheel drive
Do not mix it up with
- 4x4: A 4x2 only powers two wheels, whereas a 4x4 powers all four.