FACTOID: Almost One Third Of All Cars Sold This Year Had 4WD Or AWD

All-wheel drive is gaining traction among car buyers looking for safer handling, and as well for those shopping for crossovers and luxury vehicles.

Almost a third of all new vehicles sold through September of this year in the US had four-wheel drive. That’s up 5 percentage points for the same period just five years ago, according to Southfield-based Polk, an automotive market research firm.

The growth in all-wheel-drive sales is due in part to the increasing popularity of crossovers, said Tom Libby, lead analyst for North American forecasting with Polk.

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MorePower - 12/11/2013 6:34:09 PM

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The article does not go deep enough into why Polk came to these findings to make this point.

Polk does not seem to address concerns of atmospheric changes or dealer ordering habits to definitively give a reason, or explanation, for this trend, at least from the article you are referencing.

t_bone - 12/11/2013 8:01:38 PM

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And nearly none of them will be equipped with winter tires as we head into January...