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href="/web/20100323140144/http://www.bankrate.com/finance/auto/top-10-cars-for-winter-driving-2.aspx"><img alt="Next" src="/web/20100323140144im_/http://www.bankrate.com/Images/slide-top-next-btn.jpg" border="0" title="slide-top-next-btn"/></a></div><div class="right mar3 marTop fB fcBlue arial fs12">1 of 11</div></div></div><div class="bgWhite border1" style="MARGIN: 10px 5px 0px; WIDTH: 558px"><div class="mar12"><div class="arial fs12 mar5 marTop relative"><img class="border1" style="CLEAR: all; MARGIN: 0px 10px 5px 0px" src="/web/20100323140144im_/http://www.bankrate.com/Images/top-cars-for-winter-driving-intro-lg.jpg" align="left" title="top-cars-for-winter-driving-intro-lg"/><p>SUVs and crossovers aren't your only options for winter driving. A wide variety of all-wheel-drive, or AWD, sedans and wagons are every bit as foul-weather capable as lumbering SUVs -- and will burn less fuel in the process.</p><p>AWD transfers power from wheels that are slipping to those that have traction, thus improving a vehicle's ability to maintain forward motion.</p><p>Not long ago, drivers who wanted the peace of mind only AWD can provide on snowy, icy roads had only SUVs and Subarus from which to choose.</p><p>Not so today. 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