>> Straw poll of one and all that but we had Michelin Crossclimates on the old
>> FWD Qashqai my wife had. But, they were not as good (in my layman’s opinion
>> at least) as the full winters I have on the RWD Merc when it got
>> properly cold.
>>
Make that a straw poll of 2!
I used to fit winter tyres when I had rwd an E-class estate for winter trips into Europe and they were just fine. I would swap them myself, but cars aren't getting any lighter and I used Cross Climates on the last two cars (Peugeot Traveller and Merc Viano) all year round. The Viano is comparable to an E-class (rwd, auto) but the grip with the Cross Climates was noticeably inferior to the winters on the E-class. Cross Climates on fwd manual Traveller were just fine, so (obviously!) driven wheels and gearbox do make a difference.
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