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If you really want to look at this rationally, you don't need AWD or an SUV. If it were me, I would get an AWD car before getting any SUV. When I travel through NE Ohio in the winter with all of its stupid amounts of snow, I see the highways littered with wrecked SUVs. No vehicle is invincible in the winter when it's piloted ignorantly.
You could get a used BMW x-model or Audi Quattro vehicle and save some money at the fuel pump. Although, my experience with the 328xi loaners shows me that I get better fuel economy in my PROceeded 335i, even though I am an extra-spirited driver. The benefits of an AWD drive car with a lower center of gravity than an SUV will make it safer. Of course, an SUV is capable of breaching large piles of snow, but if the snow is that high, you should reconsider driving in that weather.
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