I've had many different tires on my 2 cars (the SC and Cougar) over the 130K miles I've driven them. Right now, the SC has Continental Extreme Contacts on it and the Cougar has BFGoodrich Traction TA T's on it (with the gear change it doesn't go over 98mph, so Z rated tires are a waste of money). They make H and V rated Traction TAs and the Conti's are Z rated. These are by far the 2 best sets of tires I've had on any vehicle.
The BFG's are awesome in the rain. No hydroplaning at all and the sorta weak 4.6 can only occasionally spin them with the 3.55s on really glassy roads when wet. Dry it's braketorque only to break them loose. 15k miles and they have about 2/3 tread on 2 and 3/4 tread on the other 2 (just rotated them today). 1 of them even has a patch on it as I had a 3/4" chunk of plastic tear into it with less than 2k mile on it. After the patch, it's still wearing as normal.
The Conti's are even better. They have about 10k on them and 2/3 tread left (the SC spins ALOT more). Handling is slightly better than the BFGs and straightline grip is a little better. It's hard to compare dry traction as the SC has alot more power.
Both are great in the snow for a 'performance' tire on a rear drive car.
For $70-$90 in stock size, either model is a good choice. I know I'll be using them again.