- permanent AWD. No slip-and-grip allowed!;
- effective seat warmers;
- effective, quick defrost and overall cabin heating
- easy to start in minus whatever (OK...minus 30 and above) w/o plugging in
- dependable
- fun to drive, even on frozen wintry roads (performance winter tires?)
- manual or manumatic transmission that allows you to select take-off gear
Hmmmm my 2000 A4 1.8T had all of the above ( unlike the 2001+ with those damn unreliable coilpaks)
Yoko AVS winter tires and no stability control to turn the engine down.
2003 BMW 330xi ( pre-xdrive) the same provided one turned the stab control off.
Both cars had HOT seat warmers and manual transmissions. The BMW had fixed torque split of 38%F and 62%R the A4 of course had a Torsen that was set to 50% each way and could change. I preferred the BMW way, which at the time was also the Porsche way.
They both has headlight washers as well...a good thing for winter imho.