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Snow tires is a must as has been pointed out. This is a much significant improvement over AWD alone. If you don't want to sacrifice summer handling as you say then RWD with snow tires & Sports Package is the way to go. AWD won't improve braking at all and very little if any during cornering. You will have more traction and acceleration with AWD but as long as you don't push it in the RWD beyond the tire's grip you'll be fine.
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