The Kuga is based around the Ford Focus family of components, although it has a unique body and an interior largely specific to it too. It's four-wheel drive, although its Haldex electronic clutch directs at least 95percent of the engine's torque to the front wheels most of the time, the rear axle called upon only when wheel slip is encountered.
There's no electronic braking of individual wheels - Ford considers this counter-productive on some surfaces in fact, though other 4x4s provide it - nor hill descent control, underlining the Kuga's role as a mainly on-road car