Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Do you need winter tires if you have an AWD (all wheel drive) / 4WD (4x4 four wheel drive) system and good american all season tires?

To find out, I test a 2wd pickup truck with winter tires, against the same truck with 4wd engaged and all season tires.

The tests in the video include acceleration and braking on snow, a snow hill climb and the important snow handling test to see whether AWD and all season tires can beat winter tires with RWD.

Note, I know I use 4x4 and AWD interchangeably in the video.

Winter tires are sometimes called snow tires.

The tires used in this video are the excellent General Grabber Arctic and General Grabber HTS60.

tyrereviews.com/Tyre/General/Grabber-HTS60.htm
tyrereviews.com/Tyre/General/Grabber-Arctic.htm

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