Totally Agree. I’d also note that when it comes to steering and stopping a car in winter conditions, drive type is almost entirely irrelevant... it all comes down to the tire.

Were your friends running a dedicated snow/winter tire? I think more and more people are choosing AWD and assuming it’s a magic bullet for all winter driving woes. Truth is your brakes and steering don’t give a rat how many driven wheels the car has! As others have said RWD/FWD with dedicated winter tires will trump…

Yes, absolutely. I’m admittedly a better driver in snow than my wife — I don’t claim to be the world’s best driver at all, or even a particularly skilled driver in general, but driving in snow is absolutely my specialty, and I’m really good at it — but our two car options are my Mustang (on snow tires) and her Miata…

Basically everybody who’s buying an AWD car “because it’s good in snow.”

It depends on the driver...I daily drove a 2004 CTS-V for ten years with all season tires on it. And, several of those drives were through some fairly hellacious snowstorms on Interstates, County Roads and local roads during my commute. It performed admirably, I never got stuck, not once and it stopped well even in…

Perhaps true, but most people don’t know that AWD isn’t the magical snow beater

That’s a shame.

A v6 sounds like a dream compared to my mini’s 1.6l turbo abomination.

“3. I am not DDing a rwd car”

Huh? Is there something problematic with daily driving them?

AWD doesn’t help you turn or stop. I don’t have the option of taking a second car in the snow, since my car choices are my Mustang or my wife’s Miata (which doesn’t have snow tires). The limiting factor for me is ground clearance; if there’s 14 inches of snow on the ground, my car will high-center on it and no amount…

No, a V6 AWV Charger? Sure for aa family sedan. But a V6 AWD on a challenger? No.

I get around all year in the snow with a V8 and RWD in my Mustang. Snow tires are your friends.

I’ve driven the v6 charger, and even though its “only” the v6, its still a damn 300hp+ car! no flame suit necessary, it scoots pretty well.

Yep. And this article does nothing to prepare people for driving what is certainly NOT a great winter car a lot harder than it should be. “Beat the crap out of snow-covered roads”? It’s the type of false sense of security that could lead to real harm. The Challenger is already rated as relatively less safe than most…

Honestly, the V6 has some ample kick to it, enough for me.
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4200 sounds light. probably dry weight.

base challenger is 3800, so probably close to 5000 with tcase and front end axle equipment

Impossible. They’ll all have AWD and all-season tires.

I expect to see a sharp uptick in Challenger wrecks next winter.

Gross.