Next gen quattro

[Jon Linkov]

I had a 300 Touring for a while during our testing and couldn't get it to
drive around in about 1" of snow without the traction control kicking in or
the car just sitting, unable to move.

RWD with electronics is barely better than plain old RWD. Tires make the big
difference, and what the Touring came with were comfort tires, not a useful
all-season. The 300C we had didn't have the best all-seasons either.

Just like AWD doesn't make a lick of difference in the snow if you're
running summer tires. AWD, ESC, traction control ... They don't overcome
physics.

Jon 


On 3/10/05 4:29 PM, TWFAUST at aol.com wrote:

> If the weather is
> that bad, 
> I'll wait. The streets will be cleared in 2 hours. Chrysler has also done a
> good 
> job of promoting their limited skip. In one independent test, it out
> performed a WD Subaru in a "snow test". Actually, I have always understood
> that "go in 
> snow" has more to do with ground clearance. It is the snow building up under
> the car that stops you.  (Yeah, I have a few Chryslers).
> 
> Tom Faust