[Dodge Drivin' Paul]

The article title implies that only cars are heavy...but after reading the article, I see they also included trucks. This means that their statistics are worthless, because by bringing trucks into the average, the figures for the cars are going to be skewed. Should the truth be known, cars from Detroit, and paticularly GM, are getting lighter. The Impala, a large car by most standards and is one of GM's largest, is a positive lightweight for it's size at only 3389 lbs. The Cavalier, a car they sell a lot of, only weighs around 2600 lbs. Same goes for the new Dodge Neon and Ford Focus. These are all lighter than the new Mazda3 by roughly 100 lbs., roughly equal in weight to the Nissan Sentra and less than 100 lbs. heavier than a Toyota Corolla. Clearly, this was written by another attention-seeking journalism graduate.

 

[Dodge Drivin' Paul]

Living in Ontario, and driving in snow for half the year, I have to say that the best cars I've ever driven in the snow are plain old FWD with traction control and good snow tires on all 4 wheels. I've also driven AWD vehicles, and in the snow, there's not that big a difference between a FWD with traction control and an AWD vehicle to justify the higher price and additional fuel consumption of an AWD vehicle.