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BMW 3-Series vs. Audi A3 Sedan Tug of War Pits xDrive Against quattro in the Snow

Winter is the kind of season that easily brings out the child inside every car guy or gal, simply because playing with your vehicle is much easier for you and less stressful for the car when snow and ice cover up the roads.
BMW 3-Series VS. Audi A3 Sedan Tug Of War 1 photo
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Let's take the pair of sedans in the video below, for example. We don't see how an Audi A3 Sedan and a BMW 335 could play the good old Tug of War game in the dry without blowing their optional all-wheel-drive systems to pieces. With a little help from the weather, though, it all becomes easy.

We usually don't like throwing too many spoilers at you, but this will be one of the exceptions, since the result of the battle requires some explaining.

Yes, we know - at this point, the big question that sits on anybody's lips is whether the name of the winner is xDrive or quattro. Well, after a bit of a wild struggle, the Audi managed to drag the BMW along.

Now, before anybody starts throwing ">" signs in between quattro and xDrive (we won't even mention the side we're on), there's something we need to discuss.

In any fight of this sort, there's a multitude of factors that influence the winner. And while we're not here for a nitpicking-type analysis of which vehicle has the lower towing point (this helps), for instance, we do need to mention one rubbery aspect.

While we don't know what tires the A3 used, the BMW 335i came with Pirelli P7. These are the kind of all-season tires that have been praised for the little compromise they bring in terms of dry weather handling, but you can't expect them to offer anything but modest performance in the conditions seen here.

It was also the guy in the Bimmer who promised a rematch, albeit while explaining the Audi man would switch to his other car, an A4.

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