FWD/AWD Hybrid Rav4 - daily performance

[stuffandblah]

Interested to know from those that own the FWD hybrid Rav4 if you are happy with day to day performance, e.g. is traction OK in wet conditions (notice any wheelspin or loss of traction), has fitting decent tyres mitigated not having AWD?

For those with AWD, do you notice any other benefits around the hybrid system, like regen?

[philip42h]

The thing is that you can put decent tyres on an AWD, but you can't [economically] convert a FWD to AWD.

An AWD always takes off in AWD and so is more assured and less prone to wheel spin and scrabbling on an imperfect surface. The only real argument in favour of FWD is overall economy - provided that you are prepared to accept the compromises that come with FWD.