Sales

All-wheel-drive sales get lift from severe winter

U.S. auto sales have been slowed this winter by record cold and snow, but brands known for their all-wheel drive offerings have fared well. In February, when industrywide sales were little changed, Subaru's U.S. sales advanced 24 percent.
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By:
Keith Naughton
March 04, 2014 05:00 AM

DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- Winter's wrath fell hard on car dealer David Kelleher last month, forcing him to close his Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep store near Philadelphia for five days due to heavy snow and ice. There was an upside, though: Booming sales of all-wheel drive models.

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