I live in New England and the Lexus has rear wheel drive. That is a MAJOR down side of it. I mean major. Its pretty much a no-no to drive a rear wheel drive in the winter up here.
They are telling me that it has features like traction control that will make it better to drive in the winter, but I won't know until winter and by then its going to be too late to change my mind and I'll be stuck with it for 3 years and not be able to drive on snowy days. I am not sure if my husband & I can work around that if we needed to.