I can't find anything in the owners manual to tell me how much of the time the FL2 is in 4WD. My other Land Rover is permanent 4WD, but I suspect for the sake of economy the FL2 spends some of its time in 2WD, or at least biased with more power to the rear, or whatever.

Can anyone explain this or provide a link to an explanation pls.

Besides the start from standing still and when a slippery condition is detected (by the use of ABS sensors), the FL2 is a front oriented 4WD. Meaning a front 2WD most of the time.

Thought they drove permanent 4wd, with power distributed where it was needed? 2007 TD4 HSE MANUAL, XENONS, BLACK, SPORT PACK, 19" SHADOW ALLOYS, PRIVACY - SOLD

2010 MY2011 SD4 HSE, STORNOWAY, XENONS, 19" ALLOYS, PRIVACY, iPOD link, RSE, quick release tow bar, rear bumper tread plate

Upto about 18mph it's in 4WD, over that it moves drive to the front wheels but maintains about 3% - 5% to the rear wheels. ______________________
2011 Full Fat RR 4.4 TDV8
2012 FL2 SD4 Auto HSE
2013 Kawasaki Versys 650

Recently did the Land Rover experience and the instructor said that in normal driving mode the Freelander has 90% of the drive to the front with the remainder to the rear, however in the event of loss of traction to the front wheels the system will compensate by giving more drive to the rear. If you select the grass/snow mode this delivers a 50/50 drive delivery and his recommendation is to use that whenever the road is slippy even if it is surface water.

I always thought drive was biased towards the front wheels, but over 28k miles, my rear tyres have worn 1mm more than the fronts. Remember there are never problems, just new challenges

Once away from rest and assuming no loss of traction, the torque split is (Fr-Rr) 90-10 in Normal, 60-40 in GGS and 50-50 in M&R/S
Tyre wear is a function of braking and cornering as well as power tranmisson. My brake pad wear is currently more at the back than the front! Gone... 2013 XS TD4 Manual Firenze Red
Gone... 2008 (09MY) XS Td4 Manual Stornaway Grey
Prior... 2003 G4 Discovery 2, 1998 Disco 1 and 1997 Disco 1 Company car before that
Also gone in Nov'13, after 7.5 yrs, to new owners with time for more TLC - 1980 Series III 88
Current 2015 Discovery Sport HSE 2.0