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Article: CR issue weighs all-wheel drive vs. winter tires.(News)("Consumer Reports" )
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- Tire Business
- Article date:
- January 6, 2003
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It's not quite as controversial as the age-old paper vs. plastic debate, but Consumer Reports has weighed in on the question of whether all-wheel drive (AWD) offers better traction in snow than winter tires.
More auto makers ``are capitalizing on that passion for all-wheel drive'' by offering it on a growing number of sedans, wagons and minivans, Consumer Reports (CR) noted in its December 2002 issue. According to CR-published by the non-profit independent organization Consumers Union-more than 20 non-sport-utility models now offer such systems, which provide power to all four wheels as needed.
Citing Ward's Auto World, an industry trade publication, CR ...