Winter Is Almost Here- Forget Towing Capability, What Are The BEST Trucks In Snow And On Ice?

Yea, but those aren't blasting through a 4ft. snowplow drift that's been there since the morning at the front of your driveway and still having their bumpers and front ends intact (except the GMC).

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give me the lambo

I'll take a Q7 or an X5 with snow tires over a "truck" with all seasons.

1. VW Toureg
2. BMW AWD X6
3. AUDI Q7
4. MERC ML AWD

Hands down a DODGE POWER WAGON

I think that the best in snow would be a xc70 or a subaru outback. Eventhough they are cars.

dude... would you ever modify a bmw to fit a snow plow attachment to the front?

I own both an 03 F-250 6.0 and an 06 G55. Neither are capable of getting stuck in the snow from what I can tell and I live in Colorado. I've driven these things through snow that makes a plow out of my grill with no problems.

I'm sorry but the Denali rules all the European garbage on this site. I don't care how bias you are with your BMW or Mitsubishi or whatever garbage you want to throw at a real winter vehicle. I love all the stupid comments of these stupid people on this site

On Snow, ok I'll bite. But on ice, you're precious Denali is a ditch favorite.

Toyota Land Cruiser is the real deal.

I see Audi's, BMW's, etc. being listed. Are you really going to take those precious molded bumpers that hang so close to the groun through piles of snow?

Let's not forget approach angles when tackling a snow bank as well. For me there is only one. Get a Jeep, a Liberty, Grand Cherokee, Wrangler and I'll be set. It's the only one I've seen on the road and not in a ditch in all my years of driving. My father has taken his 03 Grand Cherokee Laredo up to Maine in 3' drifts and 2' on the roadways. I'm totally convinced these cars can't be stopped.

Of course anyone who drives like a moron in snow is bound to mess up something. You know the guy in the Civic or Elantra doing 50 on the highway cause the road was just plowed, not realizing the road is still slick cause he needs to momentum to get up the next hill. The guy who apparently likes to pass while barely having any control on the wheel. There just as dangerous as the guy in the Tahoe who does 70 cause to them AWD/4WD is from the gods and unstoppable.

I'll vouch for my 05 Matrix XR AWD in that it has not been stuck in upwards of 7" of unplowed snow. Of course I was practically plowing the street with my bumper at that point and my car is by no means a deep snow driver. But it has gotten me up nasty hills, around sloppy corners. And the most satisfying is when you have to merge or exit and go through the leftover plow slop, being able to do that without sliding gives me that much more confidence.

I still try to leave work a little early to avoid all the people who rush to get home before it gets bad out, maybe find a parking lot on the way home to do some AWD donuts in :-) But lucky for me I park in a garage at work so the car stays clean while the snow falls outside.

BTW, get yourselves a Sno-Brum if you haven't yet from Angelguard Products. They are the best thing to get snow off your car quick, I give them out as gifts lol.

Oh, and if we are talking TRUCKS, then I would pick a Chevy Silverado or Ford F-series. Either way throwing some sandbags or blocks in the bed over the axle help immensely.

There is a guy running around here with a Carrera 4 with a snow plow attached to the front. It takes your breath away. I would like to try a Tiguan 4Motion. It intrigues me as a possible winter sled. The traditional trucks can get you moving but they sure don't connect to the road once underway.

This is quite possibly one of the worst comments in autospies history. A ridgeline!?!?! are you kidding me??? What a worthless, whatever it is!! Such a stupid vehicle and should never had been made. If you drive one of these, you should drive off of a cliff! Im dead serious!

Putting a plow on anything but a Wrangler or pickup or anything smaller than a Suburban is ghey. Smaller SUVs were not made for such weight up front and have fun in a few thousand miles when your transmission and shocks go to ****.

From experience, Wranglers are NOT good in deep snow. Don't weigh enough. In College, a friend had one; I had a Ford Explorer. One night we were out during a midwest blizzard, plowing drifts. Multiple times I had to tow the Wrangler out w/ the Explorer. A couple times, I'd cruise through the drift first, buddy would follow and still get hung up. We both had Good Year Wranglers for tires. Sure, Exploreres are crap for off-road, but winter driving is much different. The Cherokee & GC are good in un-plowed snow due to weight, just as the Explorer was good.

I'm not saying the Explorer is a good snow truck, just comparing to the Wrangler.

On ice, an Audi quattro(torsen) followed by a Subaru will be king, IMO. Hardly trucks, I know.

I had a wrangler in college and I could go through everything! Your friend had crappy tires, or else he would have been fine. I went off-roading all the time. Badlands in attica, IN, if you really want to know. Everyone always called me to tow them out or drive them to class. Did your friend know how to engage 4wd?

Yeah, he knew how to engage 4wd. If you would have read my post, I note which tires both the Explorer and Wrangler were using. He now has an older Cherokee (1998) that is lifted w/oversized tires. Now that thing can go through must anything, but it is not stock. I have driven vehicles from Wranglers to SUVs to 4x4 pick 'em ups to Hummer H1s in the snow. A heavy SUV wins every time.

Lets talk highway driving in deep snow. IMO, AWD works best, as it is ALWAYS engaged. At 80mph, my Subaru is still in full time 4wd. What about your Wrangler? How fast can you/will you drive a Rubi w/ lockers engaged? ...and how far can you drive like that?

Toyota Land Cruiser.

i drive my m3 in snow every year... just slap some on good tires (dunlop wintersport m3 tires in this case) and your good to go...

Any Land Rover product.

The question wasn't which truck wins best hoist time.

My dad has a Lexus LX470....the same as a land cruiser that is kind of like a pig in the snow compared to his old 1996 GMC Suburban....BUT FOR DOMINANCE our Jeep Wrangler Rubicon with BOTH Front AND REAR Locking differentials is unstoppable in the snow...nothing I MEAN NOTHING stock can beat this truck because we have true off road tires...the only thing that can come close is a Mercedes G550 but it's tires are not knobby enough...no other cars has locking FRONT AND REAR DIFFERENTIALS STOCK...NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING

LOL!

I love my 6.8 F-250 in the "big snow". Ice is a different animal, but it does hold it's own there too.

VW Touareg.

Was the best, most reliable car in snow. Use to drive it in two feet of the white stuff.

If I had air suspension I can only imagine what it would have been capable of.

Land Cruiser, Land Rover, Merc G

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people are saying crap like m3's and a bunch of other prissy cars that would get demolished in a 4 foot snow drift. get an old f-150 for 500 bucks from craigslist, pack the bed with sandbags, and blow through that snow. an old ford explorer would work great too.

i would love to see you guys take a new suv through a 4 foot snow drift, let alone an m3! metal beats plastic.

I'll take My Land rover Discovery II, though I am sure there are others that can do as well when it comes to snow. Really it comes to ground clearence, tires and the 4wd system itself. An American truck would jsut sit there and spin one front tire and one back tire while the two tires with traction would just sit there and do nothing except on the newest pickups and SUV's. GM and Nissan offer a rear diff locker, and most now have traction control that works with the 4wd system. Now where the Land rover would win is in the rough terrain covered in snow were the suspension travel would help overcome the uneven terrain.

TRUCKS!!!! not these silly SUV's you call trucks!
The best vehicle in the market right now, STOCK, in the snow is the jeep wrangler rubicon, hands down. I had a modified 1997 jeep wrangler that could go through anything!
Most of these sold called "trucks" you fools are posting dont even come with decent tires! They come with road tires and people think they are invincible! not so much.
I cant wait to see all of these POS Lexus SUV's stuck again in the Chicago winters and I fly by them on the roads in my RWD 335i. Ya, I got snow tires and thats why I dont need AWD in the winter. its all about the tires.

The land rover discovery is a truck. Body on a separate fully boxed truck frame, V8, live front and rear axle, transfer case etc, and it would do just as well as a rubicon in the snow. My co-worker has a rubicon and not once have I ever been left behind. By the way I like the rubicon very much. He and I are usually the ones rescuing other "trucks"

And actually one of the downfalls of the rubicon in slick conditions like snow and ice is its short wheelbase, making it prone to spinning out suddenly. when it does spin out it isn't gradual, it is a sudden quick spinout. Anyone knows a longer wheelbase vehicle is more forgiving and easier to control in a skid because it doesn't suddenly whip around without warning. In my opinion a Nissan Titan pro 4x or Silverado/GMC would do well with the locking rear diff and 4wd combo. the longer wheelbase would make it more controllable should it begin to skid or fishtail.