All-wheel-drive gains traction

摘要

Doug Warren is getting tired of feeding the gas tank of his big sport-utility vehicle. So the Detroit attorney is looking to switch to either a sedan or one of the new, car-based crossovers. But whatever he buys next will have to feature a sport-ute's all-wheel-drive powertrain. "When I'm heading out to court early on a cold, Michigan winter morning," Warren explains, "I don't want to worry whether they got the streets ploughed. I want to know I'm going to be able to get traction."