FORGET YOUR FEARS; Trend to rear- and all-wheel drive makes snow driving fun again.(Special Report)

Byline: BOB GRITZINGER, WES RAYNAL We've all been there, strapped behind the wheel with that helpless feeling, reduced to the role of spectator while our suddenly traction-less car follows its own line straight off an icy corner. Common knowledge tells us if we carry too much speed into a snow-covered curve, especially in a front-wheel-drive car prone to understeer, we're unlikely to emerge unscathed on the other side. Front-drive has taught all but the e-braking rally drivers among us to peel off speed before the corner, rather than risk the front tires losing grip, making it ...