Derek--snow driving in Utah really isn't as difficult as some people think. I agree with the others. If you get some decent winter tires, you will be just fine. The SVT is front-wheel drive and that's the most important thing. It will handle well in the winter.
Personally, I don't think you'd have a lot of use for 4WD or AWD. The city plows the big streets first when it snows, so I don't imagine you'd have too much trouble. Foothill is never too bad, and things are kept clean by the university. And anything below that in the valley doesn't get a ton of snow anyway.
Now, if you lived somewhere up in the hills and away from major roads, I'd say you'd need AWD. But you don't, so I say just keep the SVT. Aside from the car getting filthy, wintertime isn't too bad on it.
