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Suggestion for a Golf / A3 size, diesel, 4WD to cope with (hilly and icy roads in winter)?

Asked on 16 May 2009 by

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Maybe a Toyota Urban Cruiser. See: www.honestjohn.co.uk/road_tests/index.htm?id=382
Just don't take it onto soft sand.

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