Sedans making a move on SUV snow market
By Andy Stonehouse, Ski
Grand and gracious full-size sedans come to mind for a night on the town, not a ski trip up to the slopes. But vehicular times they are a-changin’.
Some of America’s most beloved four-door family brands now boast models with the winter-beating traction and agility of all-wheel drive, handling all but the deepest of blizzard-buried roads. And even the Koreans are getting into the game.
The Chrysler 300 — often called “the baby Bentley” — manages to take its imposing street cred into winter’s worst when it’s equipped with the optional all-wheel-drive package. The result is reliable all-season mobility coupled with fuel savings (up to 27 mpg) in the non-winter months, when the 300 defers to two-wheel-drive mode.
Chrysler does a great job of offering AWD 300s in every flavor. A 370-horsepower Hemi engine? Can do. (There’s probably an Eminem-approved ski rack on a designer’s computer screen.)
