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...are all you need to get around in the snow. After the last "storm of the century" my little snow tire equiped sedan blasted by a number intrepid SUVs that were nose first in the ditch. I live in Canada, in the country, and I have never felt the need to indulge in an SUV.
They aren't safer and they aren't better in the snow and they are useless on ice.