Sport Systems are the most
aggressive under acceleration, while Touring Systems sound powerful tone with less volume.
Not exact matches
More importantly, the once skittish transmission that would hunt and peck its way around the gear box seems to have found its groove and provides smooth shifts from first through sixth, even when
under aggressive acceleration.
Pull the left - hand paddle - shifter and it gets even more
aggressive; let the computer do it for you and the rev - matching system reads the brake pressure applied and the pace you've been driving to deliver downshifts ranging from mild to wild, but always exactly on point and executed in
under 300 ms. Better, the power from the engine and the quick shifts from the transmission are maximized in their yield of
acceleration by the new all - wheel drive system, which shares its philosophy with that of the excellent new M5.
The supple suspension never bottoms out, even
under pretty
aggressive acceleration down into the valley.
In PDK SPORT mode, downshifts
under braking are more
aggressive while,
under acceleration, the shift points are raised to higher engine speeds.
Under any sort of
acceleration - whether
aggressive or gentle - pick - up is smooth and quiet, with the power on tap feeling ample for any scenario.
This means we were spinning the front tires
under aggressive acceleration, so this eco Toyota outdoes the Prius in this respect.