"I'd have disagreed a few years ago, then I moved to Norway. Snow is normal. And the average car is simply a FWD. Most folks tend to have cars or station wagons instead of trucks and SUV's, and most of those are FWD."

This is true.

I live in the US and am guilty as charged with over-provisioning vehicles. It's what we do.

Meanwhile, last time I was in Denmark, I was amused to see a decent sized horse trailer being towed by ... an Audi A8.