Drive magazine has taken a look at some of the best vehicles for the snow, but which have enough city and off-road features to keep people happy, and looking good in both urban and and off-road settings.

Some of the usual “lifestyle” vehicles and faux off-road models such as the Audi Q5, Renault Koleos, Land Rover Freelander or Volvo XC60 may suit for snow and ice driving condictions. Audi and Volvo often come across with some of the best AWD options, having sedans, hatchbacks, wagons and offroads throughout the range which can give you all the four wheel effect you want.

But which are the cars that really stand out? There are a few surprises in the list, which includes: the Mazda3 (for its stability control), the Nissan Dualis, Volkswagen Tiguan and the Subaru Liberty/Outback. In fact, given Subaru has all wheel drive across its range, any old one will do. The Audi A6 allroad wagon gets itself on the list, as does the Volvo XC60 and the Lexus RX350.

For full details, see Drive.com.au.

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At the Sydney Motor Show currently underway, Mazda has presented a preview of the Mazda3 sedan, with the video above. The car will be officially presented at Los Angeles, but given its success on the Australian market, the preview happened at the Sydney show.

The preview was presented by Philip Spender, Mazda Executive Vice President, saying that the five-door version will debut on the European market sometime after November this year. We like this three-door version, and hope to see an introduction at the Bologna show…

Source | Car Scoop

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