[Isimmo]

I think your answer lies in the question... You're looking for a new daily,, whilst you live in Shropshire.... So, realistically speaking you've got less than 5 days of untreated snow on A roads this winter, and maybe less than 10 on back roads.... Whilst you've got most of the winter with variable grip across the chassis in generally mild conditions...

Intelligent (eg, understand, learn and don't drive like a knob) use of quattro with a good all round tyre will be a better winter long option than full winter tyres for 10+ degrees most of the winter on a 2WD car.... whilst this is all, IMHO, the benefits gained from quattro, all year around, come sudden summer downpour, or a fine winters night with a patchy frost is far more practical than tyre managing a 2WD car. Whilst I appreciate quattro is about managing traction, it also manages deceleration with diffs locked, and, balances the chassis. After all, having a progressive, balanced chassis is far superior to a snappy unpredictable one. IMHO, I'd rather take on a winter (Southern) UK with a quattro on decent all year tyres than a 2WD car with winter specialist tyres.