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The engine sits lower in a new iteration of Aston's bonded - aluminum chassis, which again features adaptive dampers and standard carbon - ceramic brakes.

It also gets adaptive dampers and active AMG air suspension, which automatically drops the body lower at higher road speeds.

The high - speed run doesn't require much more than checking tire pressures, switching off the air - conditioning, putting the adaptive dampers into their firmest setting, and switching the transmission into Sport mode, which locks out eighth gear.

However, the adaptive dampers from the GT - S are replaced with passive units, which like the former, have been developed at the Nurburgring.

The most noticeable chassis change though is the addition of three - stage adaptive dampers, which stretch the car's breadth of abilities.

Grip is fairly strong, but start to push beyond the tyres limits and the electronic safety net starts to get pretty intrusive (you can't switch it off, which is probably a good thing when you feel the car's mass starting to work) and the adaptive dampers struggle to rein in the Tesla's hefty kerbweight.

Depending on trim level and options selected, there's a choice of four suspension setups — steel springs, springs with adaptive dampers, sports suspension, and an air suspension setup (which may be one to avoid if our experience with the A7's jittery ride quality on air suspension is any indication).

A first for the new Focus is adaptive dampers called «CCD», which not only adjust ride comfort depending on the selected drive mode, but continuously react to the road surface and its imperfections.

Another innovation is found in the dampers, which feature Ford's Ride Control 1 valving to create what is essentially a passive - adaptive set - up.

Another function of the adaptive dampers is a pothole function, which will recognise when the front wheel is on the leading edge of a pothole and react by reducing the wheel drop on that specific corner.

Of particular note is the adaptive damper system, which is standard on the 2018 Honda Accord Touring, which constantly responds to changing road conditions.

Trim levels rise from SE through SE - L Nav and Sport Nav, the latter of which adds gunmetal - coloured wheels, adaptive lights, leather seats, body - coloured interior trim and other toys, such as a limited - slip differential and Bilstein dampers.

But Kakinuma was extra excited about the car's new three - chamber adaptive dampers at all four wheels, which can be adjusted according to the selected driving mode.

It's impossible to tell what changes have been made mechanically, but given it's based on the i30 N hatchback, you can expect the same specification, which runs to adaptive dampers and a wide range of settings for the steering, throttle and suspension.

Maserati's adaptive Skyhook dampers help make the car feel confident in the switchbacks among the mountains above the coast, and we love the hydraulically assisted steering, which feels so natural.

Both models offer the adaptive dampers known as Porsche Active Suspension Management, which lowers ride height by 10 millimeters.

This then links into Chassis Domain Control, which is the Alfa's brain that integrates and coordinates the actions of the torque vectoring, IBS, ESC and adaptive dampers.

Adaptive dampers at all four corners certainly help, but so does the SH - AWD system, which employs a torque - vectoring rear differential to improve turn - in and cornering speeds.

Chassis technology runs to the latest generation of Aston's Skyhook adaptive dampers, which feature Sport, Sport + and Track modes.

The V - 8 also adds an additional mode to the standard Terrain Response dial: dynamic, which alters the adaptive dampers, steering assist, throttle response, and transmission logic.

Audi will offer the RS3 saloon optional RS Sport Suspension Plus, which uses adaptive dampers.

To go along with its extra straight - line speed, the 2015 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS comes standard with Porsche's PASM adaptive damper system, which lowers the ride height by 0.4 inch compared to the standard Carrera.

Let's check out the light metallic blue test car, which is equipped with such extras as magnetic dampers, adaptive headlights, and the trick seven - speed F1 dual - clutch gearbox.

Considering BMW calls this a Sports Wagon, it'd be easy to argue that our tester's performance - enhancing extras — namely $ 650 M Sport brakes and a $ 1000 handling package, which adds adaptive dampers and quicker - ratio steering — should come standard.

If you want a harder - edged Boxster, you can ditch the PASM and have the Sports Chassis, which is 20 mm lower overall and has firmer dampers that aren't adaptive.

This includes the Adaptive M Suspension — with a focused sporting setup and electronically controlled shock absorbers — which adjusts the damper mapping to the road surface and driving situation at hand.

Churning out all that power is a 4.4 - liter V8 BiTurbo driving all four wheels, helped by BMW's advanced electronic suspension tech like Dynamic Damper Control which provides adaptive shock absorbers.

The car can be specified with the sophisticated Adaptive Dynamics system which uses advanced MagneRide ™ dampers to provide a particularly good balance of confident, nimble handling and supple, controlled ride.

It is a little stiffer, being a performance car, but you do have adaptive dampers that you can set to comfort, which offsets some of that.

All models get BMW's Drive Performance Control system, which allows you to adjust the steering, throttle (and, if you have an automatic gearbox or adaptive dampers, the gearshifts and ride quality) between ECO PRO, Comfort and Sport modes.

Alternatively, customers can select a lowered (non-xDrive models) Adaptive suspension, included in the Dynamic Handling Package, which adjusts the electronic damper mapping to each road surface and driving situation.

Standard equipment includes self - levelling air suspension at the rear, while Dynamic Damper Control, the Adaptive Drive system with active body roll stabilisation, Integral Active Steering — which is now also available in conjunction with xDrive — and M Sport suspension can be specified as options.

To take full advantage of its extremely rigid platform, the Rapide features Adaptive Damping System (ADS) first seen on the DBS which uses two separate valves to set the dampers to five different positions, allowing instant adjustment of the car's ride and handling characteristics.

The optional Adaptive Drive system, which combines Dynamic Damper Control, provides unsurpassed dynamics and comfort.

As of right now the 2018 Civic Type R is still only available in one version, which comes fully loaded with a 6 - speed manual transmission, limited slip differential, Adaptive Damper System and a dual - axis strut front suspension.

The car comes with a passive coil suspension setup as standard, but there are no fewer than four «adaptive» alternatives to that — Comfort, Dynamic, Professional and M - Sport — which introduce active dampers, a self - levelling air - sprung rear end, stiffened and shortened springs, active anti-roll bars and an active «Dynamic Performance Control» rear differential into the mix in varying combinations.

The chassis has been largely left alone, which means a four - link front axle, a multi-link rear, «AMG - specific kinematics» and standard - fit adaptive dampers.

It's lowered strut (front) and torsion beam (rear) suspension — which is slightly retuned for the new driveline — means the Polo GTI is especially tenacious in corners, with grippy 215 / 40 - series rubber now wrapped around wider (by half an inch to 7.5) new - look 17 - inch «Parabolica» alloy wheels (with a space - saver spare); though Australian models do not receive the adaptive dampers offered in selected European markets.

For the first time, the SQ5 will also offer a sport adaptive air suspension which can lower the suspension by 1.1 inches, in addition to varying the firmness of the dampers.

Our test car also ran the optional Dynamic Damper Control / Adaptive Drive system, which puts hydraulically actuated antiroll bars at either end for iron - fisted body control.

You can go one step further and add adaptive air suspension ($ 3990) which will adjust the Q5's ride height and has greater damper adjustability too.

The car starts in Sport mode by default, but on each side of it are Comfort and + R, in which the aggression of the adaptive dampers, steering weight and throttle response are ramped down (Comfort) or up (+ R).

Some of the Type - R's speed was found through the implementation of advanced suspension technologies and superior materials — for instance, the hot hatch features an adaptive damper system which continuously adjusts damping force after collecting data from three on - board G sensors, four suspension stroke sensors, and a steering angle sensor.

Firm, short springing and what you'd imagine must be quite a lot of unsprung mass give the car's adaptive dampers a lot to do and little wheel travel in which to operate.

But it's more cohesive to behold than the cobbled - together look of the last Type R, and it comes with grown - up stuff like adaptive dampers, Driving Modes — Comfort, Sport and R + — which tweak all the stuff that matters to suit your mood, and a rev - matching function (mind you, even MINIs get that now).

Enhancing the Astra's dynamic performance still further is the option of Vauxhall's clever FlexRide system, a rarity in this sector which offers drivers three unique damper settings — standard, sport and tour — while being fully adaptive to changes in driving style and cornering speed.

Helping that is a full set of MagneRide adaptive dampers, which adjust and adapt dynamically not just based on where you set the suspension knob in the cockpit, but also based on driving mode and conditions.

Our EX trim car gets adaptive dampers as standard, which in Sport mode deliver decent body control without totally upsetting the ride.

Touring models come with adaptive, two - mode dampers (normal and sport), which does offer a broader range between sharpness and smoothness.

Adaptive Dynamic Chassis Control is on the options list, which includes a Sport setup for the dampers.