Reading the comments by TP questioning your experience with winter tyres prompted me to send you my thoughts. Having owned a 4x4 Volkswagen Tiguan and feeling this would be the answer to snowy conditions, I quickly realised that it is far from the ultimate answer. It makes no difference to braking or cornering in snow and ice than a normal car. Hence my new Tiguan is a 2-wheel-drive and I have invested the price difference on a set of winter tyres. Having just experienced foot-deep snow and ice here in the South of France I am delighted with the results. This makes me feel that it was definitely the right decision.