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Originally Posted by Captain Awesome
FWD is just as dangerous for different reasons. The risks of RWD are just a fabrication of the early days of FWD to get people to adopt this form of drive. Back then, few cars were FWD and everyone had RWD cars and so people were reluctant to try them. The car companies and gov't wanted people in FWD cars because they could make them more fuel efficient and so they cooked up a lot of myths about FWD cars being more "safe" to trick people into adopting them. It worked.
Any car can go out of control in the snow.
However, cars these days come with stability and traction controls which greatly assist the driver in the snow.
Bear in mind that a perfomance car of ANY type will not be great in the snow because of their high horsepower, and wide tires. You will have a handful in any sporty car in ice and snow.
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Hmm..I would think that wider tires would be better in the snow. But here is a question for you. If I put snow tires on a Camaro 2010, will it be worse, better, or approximately the same as...say a Mazda 3 2.3L sport in the crappier weather conditions? Also, do you know if there are any recent articles proving RWD or AWD being notably better than the other? My dad mentioned that he remembers people with RWD getting stuck in places he wouldn't even have to think twice crossing in a FWD car. Not sure exactly how recent that was--I was also thinking that the traction control, etc of newer cars makes up for the differences. Thanks again.