If there's a possibility of ice, and you're doing 60, the cars primary
safety system has already failed.

In any case, a comparison of technology based on meaningless terms
(automakers love confusopolies) won't be helpful.

Whose AWD? Whose ESC/TC/RM?

Art a guess, I'd say active stability systems may work better than
nothing, or may not, in that situation.

Dave

If you're stupid enough to try braking, turning, or accelerating while
on ice at that speed, neither is likely to save you.  If you're smart
enough to do none of those things, either will 'save you'.
--
C.R. Krieger
(Who drives a 'dumb' AWD Jeep)

Ahhhh....

Another idiot who thinks electronics can save him from his bad driving.

Graham

If you hit an ice patch at 60mph you will likely spin and there is no
system that will keep you out of trouble.

That said, please explain the diffrence between AWD and part time four
WD. Because they seem to describe the same system if you have
electronically controlled dynamic stability control then you stand a
bit of a better chance of keeping the wheels straight under slower
driving.  But if you hit ice on all four wheels at 60mph there is not
a system around that will help.  You are clearly driving way too fast
for conditions.

There is nothing that you can buy for your SUV to maintain velocity on
ice.  There are products that enable some cars to be driven safely at
high speeds on ice, but they are not anything that you would consider to
be a reasonable purchase, nor should they be used outside of some
specific locations.

The most important system for driving on ice is the experienced driver.
 I can drive on ice, and I can do spin-recovery on ice, but that's on
an open field where I can go more than 2 km in any direction before
having to worry about hitting anything.  The car may spin more than 20
times before its velocity can be restored.  On an autobahn or any
ordinary street, I drive more-cautiously if there is a possibility of ice.

A car on flat ice will continue at approximately the same velocity
unless the driver or another force does something to change it.  Don't
brake, accelerate, or steer once traction is lost.  If I leave the
roadway, it is better to slide off the roadway and possibly hit an
object instead of spinning out of control, possibly going across other
lanes, and then hitting an object with a higher velocity.

The tyres are the most important factor in maintaining traction on any
surface.