I've lived my entire life in Minnesota, Vermont, Maine, and in 57 years have owned one AWD car and one 4WD pickup , Except that the truck is a chevy so you have to shift it out of 4wd when steering hard over, if you don't want to break a half-shaft. This makes snowplowing a little more challenging.
I have always liked positraction cars and trucks for driving in snow and on plowed fields. At a very young age I learned to drive tractors with the brake link-latch flipped over, foot sideways so as to be able to heel and toe the wheel brakes. The original traction control, John Deere 70 style.
Given that you're already paying for all the wheel sensors and brake actuators already as part of the ABS system, traction control is a low-cost way to double your effective traction without a mechanical cost or fuel consumption penalty. What's not to like?
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