You're right, the xr5t is fwd. Quickest fwd I've ever seen, and probably will.
I wouldn't expect anything less than perfection when ford starts dealing with their awd focus, after all they have been doing it for years.
Awd would come in handy reguard less of power, where a fwd would start to understeer you could fine tune the awd to push it through the corner and vise versa. Honda has had this tech since the 90's for their accord that was marketed at snowy regions. Pretty amazing when you see how it works, and almost dummy proof in a way that anyone can get in and drive it.