I don’t know what gave you that idea, unless this is a complaint about FWD vs AWD. They do fine around here in snow and ice.
Snow and ice performance is primarily (by a wide margin) about the tires. Next is the diffs and/or traction control for keeping both wheels moving when one starts slipping.
A Prius on snow tires does about as well as any other common FWD car.
Snow tires are great on all FWD and are probably way cheaper than buying a new AWD car.
- Press Start button twice.
- Push accelerator to the floor twice.
- Push and hold brake pedal and shift into Neutral then release brake pedal.
- Push accelerator to the floor twice.
- Push and hold brake pedal and shift into Park then release brake pedal.
- Push accelerator to the floor twice.
- Start car.
You should see the Traction Control warning light stay on to signal it’s deactivated. It will automatically reactivate when the car is restarted.