Would a car with rear wheel drive to better in snow as an automatic or manual?
Manual is better than automatic. Manual gives you the choice as to what gear you want to use. Sort of the difference between a golfer choosing the club he wants to use for conditions, or having a club chosen for him based on the speed he wants to hit the ball with no regard to wind or any other factors. With a manual, you can decide that the slick road conditions are likely to cause the wheels to break loose and spin if too much power is applied to them, so you’d be better to start off in second gear and a light touch on the clutch so that you’ll have less power and the car will begin to move before you lose traction. You can also down shift to help the brakes, and if you are afraid that the wheels will lock and slide, you can leave the clutch out until the last possible second before the engine stalls, so that the engine will force the wheels to keep turning as you brake. That said, a front wheel drive is better than a rear wheel any day. Even an automatic front wheel drive is better
