Any of my old 240 wagons were great in the snow, especially with a little added weight in the rear (I used 2 80lb bags of sand). I've recently been driving a 92 740 wagon with Nokian Hakkapeliita 1 snow tires in a typical New England winter. Just got hit with 27 inches of snow, in fact. I've found that with good snows, the 740 performs quite predictably well, in fact, better than my wife's 240 with Gsavald tires. The 740 will handle as well as the skill of the driver allows.