A car that fits this bill?

[OakLeaf]

I love my Prius, but the only way two bikes go in the back is one on top of the other with a blanket in between. It's fine for me, and I've done it, but some people might object, and a heavy bike would be pretty hard to maneuver.

And ... we wound up having to drive it in the snow once last year. It took several attempts to get it up our hill. I confess to being the one who got it stuck initially when an animal ran across the lane while I was climbing the hill - but DH, who's been driving confidently in slippery conditions since he was a teenager, couldn't get it to quit spinning after I gave up, either. A shovel, a couple of bags of sand, and a lot of cussing were involved before we finally got it the rest of the way up the hill.

For a lightweight FWD car, it has all the bells and whistles and it does handle great. But it's still a lightweight FWD car and I wouldn't recommend it in the snow.

[ny biker]

I love my Prius, but the only way two bikes go in the back is one on top of the other with a blanket in between. It's fine for me, and I've done it, but some people might object, and a heavy bike would be pretty hard to maneuver.

And ... we wound up having to drive it in the snow once last year. It took several attempts to get it up our hill. I confess to being the one who got it stuck initially when an animal ran across the lane while I was climbing the hill - but DH, who's been driving confidently in slippery conditions since he was a teenager, couldn't get it to quit spinning after I gave up, either. A shovel, a couple of bags of sand, and a lot of cussing were involved before we finally got it the rest of the way up the hill.

For a lightweight FWD car, it has all the bells and whistles and it does handle great. But it's still a lightweight FWD car and I wouldn't recommend it in the snow.

I suppose it depends on the hill. I've made it up the hill to my house, and the hill to my parents' house in NY, with a couple of inches of snow on the ground. And Chicago is pretty flat, so hills aren't really an issue. Although if I lived in Chicago I would get snow tires simply because there is more snow there.