The battle between all-wheel drive and rear-wheel drive for winter vehicles rages on at Jalopnik. We’ve extolled the virtues of RWD cars with winter tires before, making a case for its usefulness in the snow when compared against vehicles with AWD. Utility in these cases is mostly down to traction, and proper tires are the key. But we wanted to know what winter vehicles readers would choose in a “spared no expense” scenario.
Readers say the Mazda Miata is still the answer even in the cold. The Volkswagen Beetle was another favorite, which warms my heart. Even when given the chance to splurge, most of you went with pretty sensible vehicles. Some other readers indulged their winter-time fantasies, and that’s fine, too. Here are the cars and heavy machinery that readers would take out in the snow, if money were no object:
