VIDEO: Quattro Vs. xDrive, FIGHT!

In the battle of all-wheel drive systems, Germany's has been heating up in recent years. Everyone wants a piece of the northeast United States' pie, whose auto shoppers have been brainwashed into believing you cannot survive without all-wheel drive.

Thanks to brands like Audi and Subaru, consumers that live in northern regions that get a good amount of snow are snapping up AWD vehicles left and right. You can't blame them either, they work fantastically.

And they can make or break a car's success. When I spoke to a BMW salesperson at a local dealer, he said that people were very interested in the 5-Series Gran Turismo BUT the dealbreaker came when it was revealed there was no AWD version.

Notice for 2011 BMW has rolled out xDrive versions.

But here's where things get interesting: which is better than the other?

In my personal experience of driving in six inches plus of the white stuff, I have found Quattro to be superior to xDrive. But the video down below may suggest otherwise.

Considering this is a BMW-sanctioned event, is this believable or is it simply marketing nonsense?

What say you, Spies? Weigh in down below...