The dividends:high-tech, higher-margin parts like electronic differentials for all-wheel-drive vehicles.

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It includes one hour of classroom instruction, video demonstrations and chalk talk, a half-hour track and vehicle orientation, lunch, and four and a half hours of track exercises in front and all-wheel-drive vehicles.

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So, for instance, Holden is developing a chassis that will be the basis for a range of large rear-wheel-drive cars and all-wheel-drive crossover utility vehicles.

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