My guess is 90% of the public wants to go from A to B reliably and in comfort. They don't want to mess with dedicated snow tires to make a RWD work well in snow when M+S rated all season radials will do the job 95% as well on the nicely plowed roads most people live on.

FWD is easier to produce and give more interior volume. For something like a camry or minivan its ideal. Sure, its not as balanced as RWD but if you are sliding about like an autocrosser then you likely shouldn't be in a FWD people hauler anyway.

I have seen one dyno comparison that also showed that FWD had less frictional loss through the driveline than RWD. Granted it was a small amount but even small amounts add up to better overall MPG's for CAFE ratings.....

I'd take a FWD with nice tall/thin AS tires over any RWD when the snow falls.

RT

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