Snow Tire question

[Desmoface]

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Hello everyone,

My wife is considering leasing a new ES 350 base model and we were wondering how they were in the snow being that they are front wheel drive? We live in Northeast Ohio so we get some occasional nasty winter weather. Would we need to install snow tires or are the factory all season tires sufficient. Thanks in advance.

[dcfish]

All season are enough, If you want more traction on ice and snow get Blizzaks or similar tires. All 4 are needed.

[Desmoface]

29 minutes ago, dcfish said:

All season are enough, If you want more traction on ice and snow get Blizzaks or similar tires. All 4 are needed.

Thank you.  I was under the impression I could just put snows on the front.  We did that on our old Acura RSX Type S and it seemed to work well.

[RX400h]

I think it may depend upon the number of hills you may need to climb and what tires you select. Generally speaking, more of the snow tires achieve much better than average snow traction than do all season tires. There are some exceptions like the performance all-season Michelin CrossClimate2 and Hankook Kinergy 4s2 tires.

Source: Consumer Reports 2022 Annual Buyer's Guide