If the weather had been wet or freezing, we might have been able to make some useful observations about its GKN - engineered all - wheel - drive system
with active torque vectoring (just like the setup in the Focus RS), but we think it's worth the $ 2,000 price you pay no matter where you drive.
The Urus
features active torque vectoring via a rear differential, enabling propulsive power to be instantly distributed to each individual wheel for enhanced traction, depending on the driving mode, driving style and the road grip.
It's available as either a four - door sedan or a five - door hatchback, and with options such
as Active Torque Vectoring to improve turn - in and reduce understeer, Steering Responsive Headlights that turn with the steering wheel and Subaru's EyeSight Driver Assist Technology which includes lane departure warning and automatic emergency braking.
Symmetrical all - wheel drive comes standard and with the combination of
Active Torque Vectoring give Legacy confident grip in all weather conditions.
Subaru's Symmetrical All - Wheel - Drive is standard and gets combined with
Active Torque Vectoring for enhanced handling in all driving conditions.
Subaru's all - wheel drive and
active torque vectoring come standard across the Legacy lineup; Subaru claims the Legacy's standard all - wheel drive is another feature that helps set the brand apart from many competitors in the midsize sedan segment.
This elevated plane of dynamism is owed in large part the
new Active Torque Vectoring system, which brakes the inside front wheel in a corner to help rotate the car around its turning axis.
The inherent stability of the chassis is enhanced by the addition
of Active Torque Vectoring on the Sport trim, which applies a little bit of brake to the inside front wheel to reduce understeer as you accelerate out of a corner.
The Crosstrek has been redesigned inside and out for 2018, and now features
Active Torque Vectoring like its high - performance sibling, the WRX STI.
The result is a well - damped ride over bumps and heaves while avoiding a setup that falls over itself as soon as you pitch into a corner, aided further
by active torque vectoring.
The standard 2019 Subaru WRX models come with a 268 - horsepower turbocharged 2.0 - liter flat 4 - cylinder engine with all - wheel drive and
active torque vectoring along with a 6 - speed manual gearbox.
The famously athletic chassis is now aided by
optional active torque vectoring, but we're less enthusiastic about the new electric power steering, which isn't quite as communicative as before.
Further ride and handling improvements include an updated air suspension with new three - chamber shocks that hold 60 percent more air and a Bentley first: an electronically
controlled active torque vectoring system.
These engines will be paired with a new eight - speed automatic and can be matched to the new AWD system that features a variable - torque - split clutch with
active torque vectoring between the front and rear axles.
Specifically, the system manages and simultaneously assigns specific tasks to the various active systems, such as Q4 all - wheel drive (on Stelvio Quadrifoglio),
AlfaTM Active Torque Vectoring system, AlfaTM Active Suspension, ESC and AlfaTM DNA Pro selector with Race function.
If the power boost isn't enough to whet your appetite, Subaru will also be releasing a Sport - tech Package that
provides active torque vectoring to help reduce over - and understeer.
Active Torque Vectoring perfected on Subaru's performance vehicles shows up on every Legacy, delivering more brake control to the inside front wheel if you get over your head in a turn.
With electric motors at the rear wheels, Acura
implements active torque vectoring to aid handling, where the outside wheel in a turn delivers more torque, leading to very predictable behavior.
As the 2018 Acura RLX Sport Hybrid slews around tight turns on Malibu canyon roads in Southern California, I look for any hint that the sedan's
active torque vectoring improves the handling.
On top of that, the 2015 STI features Subaru's new
Active Torque Vectoring software, which uses bias braking to proactively split power between port and starboard when cornering.
Alfa Romeo has equipped the Stelvio Quadrifoglio with the exclusive Alfa Chassis Domain Control unit that acts as the brain of the SUV and assigns specific tasks to the various active systems including he Q4 AWD system, as well as the four - mode Alfa DNA Pro selector, the
Alfa Active torque Vectoring system, the Alfa Active Suspension system and the ESC.
I felt some understeer when I didn't judge a turn entrance correctly, but mostly that characteristic was mitigated by the corner braking technology, which Subaru
calls Active Torque Vectoring.
Combine all of that with a slightly quicker steering ratio, a revised suspension and a symmetrical all - wheel - drive system that now
boasts active torque vectoring and the new Crosstrek should handle more securely while offering improved levels of quietness and refinement.
The RS, with its «drift» function enabled via
active torque vectoring through the rear wheels, has gained plaudits and a mass of positive publicity for Ford, which could prompt it to do something similar for the Fiesta.
All Imprezas come standard with Symmetrical all - wheel drive, but Sport models
get active torque vectoring, which modulates torque delivery between each wheel, and combined with 225 / 40 - series tires, the Impreza hugs corners with confidence, delivering a lot of feedback to the driver.
However, I was able to feel a bit of what Subaru refers to
as Active Torque Vectoring, a system also deployed on the new WRX, which applies braking power to the inside front wheel in a turn.