You should consider winter tires instead of all-wheel drive if you're driving in the snow

That's why I was happy when a new Mazda 6 test car showed up with Bridgestone Blizzak winter tires wrapping the wheels.

Winter tires, for the uninitiated, have deeper grooves to channel snow and keep more of the tire in contact with the road in bad weather. They're made of rubber compounds formulated to grip well in conditions where your all-season tires will call it a day.

The end result is that winter tires, like all-wheel drive, help you get moving in deep snow and freezing weather. But unlike all-wheel drive, they help your car steer and stop once you've gotten rolling. That's true not just in snow, but also in very cold weather.

Rather than using the grip of all four tires to accelerate, winter tires simply increase the amount of grip you have at your disposal. So regardless of what wheels your car sends power to, you'll keep trucking when the all-wheel drive crossovers have all been lodged in hedges and smashed through storefronts.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/22/benefits-of-winter-tires-over-awd.html