Both the versions you name have the 5 cylinder 2.4l engine without the early reliability issues of the 4 cylinder 2.0 litre. The 2.4l engine has a good reputation.
Unless you are driving off-road or in slippery conditions, the main advantage of AWD is being able to accelerate hard whilst cornering (e.g., turning out onto a fast road). But it does use more fuel because of the extra weight and possibly (not an expert) some extra frictional losses.
For many owners' fuel consumption experiences, go to honestjohn.co.uk and look at the Real MPG figures. Then you can compare different versions, and manual vs automatic etc.
Last edited by Roland_F; Jul 8th, 2018 at 21:12.
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