All-wheel drive technology (AWS, RWS or 4WS) has long been no stranger to those who regularly read news about the global car market. They have been used scattered across the lines of names from many different countries over the past few decades. Thanks to increased balance and agility in cornering at all speeds, 4WS is becoming more and more popular, but it is still mainly in the luxury car segment.

Arquus Scarabee is a rare name that is not a luxury car equipped with this technology at the moment. The super-large military SUV line is produced by Arquus Defense – a unit that was previously Renault Trucks Defense but changed its name after it was acquired by Volvo in 2018.

The most special feature of the Arquus Scarabee is not the power on par with the legendary American Humvee or the adaptive suspension system that allows to load nearly 2 tons of weapons without burden, but the extremely 4-wheel steering technology. strange.

Accordingly, the AWS feature on Arquus Scarabee, when activated, allows the vehicle to… crawl sideways or even in any direction that the driver feels is reasonable because all 4 wheels on the vehicle have the ability to change direction independently. compared to the rest.

Combined with a 4-wheel drive system, the Arquus Scarabee is capable of off-roading with incredible ease despite the not-so-powerful 300-horsepower diesel engine. Fortunately, the hybrid system is supplemented with a rear-mounted electric motor for 103 horsepower that contributes to “loading” the military SUV that weighs approximately 6 tons.

According to many French sources, the Arquus Scarabee will become the country’s next military vehicle from 2025 onwards thanks to many military support factors such as the ability to drop parachute with commandos from an aircraft.