Audi Quattro VS BMW XDrive VS Jaguar AWD - The Ultimate Test on Snow! ❄️

Is Audi Quattro really better than BMW Xdrive? After doing a lot of research I couldn't find a good reason why the Audi was better, so with the help of Nokian Tyres, we've compared and tested the differences between BMW 3 Series XDrive, Audi A4 Quattro and Jaguar XE AWD, on snow and ice.

We've tested snow acceleration / traction, snow handling to see which is faster and more fun, ice traction and snow hill climb.

Any questions / comments please ask below.

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[APK]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the effort gone into making this video! 👏👏👏

[Lucas-ckpo]

I live in a tropical country, what the hell am i doing here..

[Antiprokontra]

Props for the same wheels/tires, but a big no no for Audi TDI/Diesel vs BMW i/Gasoline. One has a lot of Power on low revs, the other on high revs. Would have been so much more comparable if you had the 2.0tdi vs the 320d or 2.0tfsi vs 320i ... Otherwise very fair test. From my experience (living uphill in switzerland, owned audi, bmw, merc and skoda) Audi and Bmw are nearly identical - while the bmw is more rwd layout vs. more fwd on the audi side. Merc's 4matic was disappointing (W211, R6, E320cdi) and with the skoda i got stuck couple of times.

[JohnyStone]

FINALLY A TEST WITH SAME TYRES! OMG Am I dreaming?

[Ryan-bdzn]

I couldn’t see anyone conduct this test better.

[Yaroslav_Tselovanskyi]

There's something magical in a british person reviewing cars with proper steering wheel side during the winter.

[ADAMJWAITE]

Conclusion: Audi and BMW have pretty comparable AWD systems, but an experienced driver with the right equipment is superior to electronic traction control.

[happycamperjack]

Did quite a bit of snow mountain climbing last year with my Bmw X1 with performance winter tire and winter wheel (narrower and heavier) in dynamic driver mode (traction semi off), it absolutely owned the roads. Even in sealed off mountains, I had zero problem climbing and have some controlled sideway fun too when I felt like it. The only problem is rear brake wearing off faster as the result of the semi active traction. Great job BMW!

[dhruvp]

whomever says "go" will get the jump

[TMM]

We need carwow to be involved. So more cars can be tested

[vomitkermit]

It should be noted though. On the Audi if the engine is mounted longitudinal it uses a completely different quattro system than the transverse mounted engines. The transverse system is not the quattro setup that made Audi famous, it uses a system closer to the Golf R and R32. I bring this up because the A4 can have either one depending on the engine you get. The OG quattro was 100% mechanical and sent power to the tire with the most traction simply by the gearing. I am not sure if it is still like this today. I do know the V8 S4 was still using that setup.

[madla]

The car tester is always jumping the start in all three cars 😂😂

[camel]

To be honest, I was born in the tropics and some time ago I moved to Canada and this is the 1st time I see anyone performing a winter system/tire/you-name-it test by LEVELING THE FIELD WITH THE SAME SET OF WINTER TIRES! Kudos!!!!

[PKPower]

My guess for the uphill battle is that Xdrive has a rear bias and quattro has a front bias. The rear bias would have a slight advantage in scenarios with more load in the rear.

[scottytoohotty]

I have the 5 series X drive and my buddy has an Audi Quattro. Exactly like the ones in the video. And when we race im always ahead for most of the race up until about 75% of the way through and he passes me every time. So yeah I’d say these tests are pretty accurate

[EastCoastATV]

I love that you guys tested the vehicles with the same tires on all cars! Great job mate. I'm looking forward to seeing more tests.

[OctavianRuda]

All systems are good and probably more than what an average person needs! Just get the car you like :)

[on]

Audi doesn't have the 'propper' Quattro, it has something called Quattro Ultra which is pretty much a Haldex system, meaning it's not permanent AWD anymore. Only the V6 models get the permanent Quattro with Torsen differential.

[markdickson]

Honestly seems like splitting hairs between all 3, in normal winter driving they all work incredibly well. Fan boy arguments aside, predictably comes down to preference of which you’d like and for me it depends on year as they constantly leap frog each other with improvements which is great

[mrle]

Huge respect for the testing. Really great that you normalised tyres and wheels sizes, noted the power and weight differences and accounted for them when interpreting the results, swapped drivers, did multiple runs etc, honestly I have big expectations for your future content now :P

I would be interested to see how they compare to Subaru which are known for their AWD too, but mamma mia I know it was probably very hard to organise BMW vs Audi already.

Keep up with the good work