Thankfully I'm in North Carolina where snow in mostly an aberration. That being said, I agree that the battery placement should make it fine in snow. But then I grew up on basically no FWD vehicles and sand/salt in the trunk.
I know that the rear window is removable and then can be put in the back in SUV form. However, I think it would be nice to have a slider as an option. Don't think it would take much to adjust the production of the window in the first place? Just wishing.......and also for a bench front seat...
I totally agree that a bench seat option is a great idea. As customizable as they appear to already be, I would think this could be an easy one to put in the line-up.