Dodge challenger, can it go in the snow?

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Im looking for a nice car to buy in a few months and I have been looking at strictly all wheel drive cars because I will need to drive alot in the winter, the only problem is that I have taken a strong liking to the new dodge challenger which is a rear wheel drive car, does anyone know how it goes in the snow and how it is on ice as well? other hints and opinions on it are welcome as well. thank you
well there seems to be a range of answers on here so I will give more details... late december through feb/march there will be snow, it will be cleared so never more than an inch or two deep on the roads/expressway theres actually more of a problem with slippery from ice rather than actual snow... I drove a fwd car in the snow and it got me through but our big suv was so much easier....
so i would not be able to get the tires I needed for snow?
 
horrible in snow. i read an article on it, the writer said that it had too much power. so when he put the traction control on, the thing wouldn't move much because it had no traction. so he asked the dealership if they knew if any winter tires were availiable for the challenger, and they said no.

personally, i like rwd better in snow cause i like to slide sometimes. but the challenger is too powerfull and if you don't have winter tires, its aweful in snow.


edit: if you want to read the article, here it is

http://www.nationalpost.com/cars/story.html?id=1258574


btw, you don't really need AWD in snow. you only need good snow tires. but too band in the challenger, no one makes snow tires for it.
 
Being a RWD car, it won't have quite the traction of a FWD or AWD car. You might be more prone to sliding a fishtailing. However, I don't thing the weight distribution on the Challenger is too extreme. That means it shouldn't be too bad. As long as you keep it tame and don't get in too much of a hurry, a Challenger would be fine. However, if you live in an area that gets ice and snow for more than 4 months or so, you might want to consider something with AWD or 4WD (or at least steer clear of a RWD).
 
I'm sorry but this is a silly question. Of course the Challenger isn't going to go well in snow. It's got a 6.1 litre HEMI spinning the rear wheels like there's no tomorrow.
 
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