"FWD has some operational advantages, as well. With all that weight concentrated over the (front) drive wheels, it offers very good traction on slippery surfaces at relatively lower speeds."
BS.
Practical problem is there are many more spinout accidents,statistically I'll bet, drivers loosing traction on just wet and not icy roads and sliding into concrete barricades. All you have to do is drive a curvy highway like 17 in the rain to see all the spinouts, broken body parts littering the highway and many many big scratches on the concrete medians caused by FWD cars loosing control in the wet. Plus the midnight "tuners" drift and spin because of FWD's design flaw, instead of just speeding and racing after dark, like in the old days. Having the steering wheels also be the power wheels invites loss of traction with normal braking in just the rain; You turn and brake and you risk losing the small power patch under both front tires in a light rain. I have had light rain, scary-fast spinouts in an Acura Integra and strongly recommend not buying this dangerous unsafe FWD car.
