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Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
Both Audi's (S4's so very similar to A4) I've owned were awesome in the winter. A big heavy car with lots of tech and a great AWD system is a winning combo for winter driving.
Regardless of what you're driving, the tires are going to make the biggest difference - probably more so than the car. On a great set of winters, even 2WD cars do just fine in the winter. Stopping and turning is when you're mostly at the mercy of the tire's ability regardless of the vehicle, the AWD mostly just helps you get off the line faster or not be stuck. I'd venture a guess that my Civic was actually slightly better at certain things than the S4's in the winter because I could put really skinny tires on it instead of fat, wide 18" ones.
Just a further note as people always say 2wd,rwd and awd are equivalent when turning in slippery winter conditions. I own fwd, rwd and awd cars I can tell you that awd is far superior for cornering stability. A RWD car oversteers in slippery conditions, a FWD car understeers but an AWD car stays very balanced making it 100x easier to avoid serious slides and recover from them in the event they occur.