Rear - biased but highly variable xDrive all - wheel drive balances torque between the front and rear axle, rear - wheel steering helps with
agility at low speeds and stability at high speeds, lightweight 20 - inch wheels with Michelin Pilot Super Sport rubber provide tremendous grip and massive 19 - inch brakes pull all that mass down from high speeds with certainty.
With Dynamic Response, drivers can look forward to improved
agility at low speeds and enhanced stability on the highway thanks to its ability to control and tune the front and rear axles independently.
This provides increased turning
agility at low speeds, requiring less steering angle and a reduced turning radius.
Taking everything in its stride, the Macan flows through fast corners with incredible composure — it's not quite a sports car, but it's as close to one as any SUV has ever been, thanks to its unrivalled
agility at low speeds.
An electromagnetic actuator swivels the rear wheels subtly in the same direction as the fronts to aid cornering stability at high speeds, and in the opposite direction to enhance
agility at low speeds — below 37mph normally, but at higher speeds in Race mode.
This system increases turning
agility at low speeds and requires less steering angle, as well as a reduced turning radius.
The Precision All - Wheel Steer ™ (P - AWS ®) system allows each rear wheel to independently adjust its toe angle to achieve
agility at low speeds.
The idea of the set - up is that it boosts
agility at low speeds by more quickly pointing the nose of the car at the apex, while also increasing stability and grip when going faster.
Particular objectives were to increase steering precision and
agility at lower speeds, so that the car was more responsive and fun - to - drive in typical urban driving conditions.
For the ultimate balance between
agility at lower speeds and stability at higher speeds, BMW's innovative Active Steering is available as an option.
The steering itself has a variable ratio; it's slower just around straight ahead, quickening as you wind lock on, a common and neat trick to combine high - speed stability with a feeling of
agility at lower speeds.
It features four - wheel steering, improving
agility at lower speeds and stability at higher speeds, for starters.
Optional Integral Active Steering will virtually extend or shorten the vehicle's wheelbase for improved stability at high speeds and enhanced
agility at lower speeds.
Not exact matches
It works with the independent AMG sports air suspension, the automatic level control and the Adaptive Damping System to enhance
agility,
lowering the car
at high
speed for improved stability.
An all - new four - wheel steering system turns the rear wheels counter-phase
at lower speeds for better
agility and in - phase around 75 mph and faster for better stability.
As with similar systems, it can turn the rear wheels up to five degrees in the opposite direction from the front wheels
at low speeds to improve
agility and tight manoeuvring (cutting a metre from the old car's 12.4 m turning circle), and in the same direction (by up to two degrees)
at higher
speeds for stability.
It also adds a new feature, called «Integral steering» which combines active steering
at the front with rear wheel steering, improving high -
speed stability and
lower speed agility.
The rear steering angle varies up to + / - 3.0 degrees, according to vehicle
speed and driving mode selected:
at low speeds the rear - axle steering angle is opposite to that of the front wheels (counter-phase steering), effectively shortening the wheelbase up to 600 mm for increased
agility and a reduced turning circle for increased maneuverability.
The new chassis improves driving quality
at all
speeds (
low - and mid-range
agility as well as high -
speed stability) following a complete re-engineering of rear suspension mountings, trailing arm position, steering components and set - ups (among other things).
Drawing on developments brought to the latest Q7, the e-tron quattro also adopts a four - wheel steering system with up to five degrees of movement on the rear wheels to reduce the turning circle and aid maneuverability
at lower speeds around town while increasing
agility at higher
speeds.
Drawing on developments brought to the latest Q7, the h - tron quattro also adopts four - wheel steering with up to 5deg of movement on the rear wheels to reduce the turning circle and aid maneuverability
at lower speeds around town while increasing
agility at higher
speeds.
The rear wheels are steerable, turning with the front wheels
at high
speeds to increase stability and counter the fronts
at low speeds to increase
agility.
Other on - board tech includes an optional front axle lift system so the 911's nose doesn't scrape over challenging
speed bumps, as well as rear - wheel steering on S models to further improve
agility and stability
at low and high
speeds respectively.
At low speed, they steer counter to the front wheels to further increase the
agility of the big coupe when parking or driving in urban traffic, for example.
The system provides improved
agility at low and medium
speeds and more stability
at high
speed.
Of the updates to the new model, Porsche highlights, «Among the many changes, optional rear - axle steering creates a virtual reduction of the wheelbase
at low speeds and a virtual lengthening
at high
speeds for improved
agility and stability.
They also improve
agility and driver confidence
at much
lower speeds.
At low speed, the wheels steer in the opposite direction to the front wheels, thus enhancing the
agility of the A6 and reducing its turning circle by up to 1.1 meters (3.6 ft) to 11.1 meters (36.4 ft).
On top of that, rear - wheel steering brings extra
agility at high
speed and extra maneuverability
at low speed.
Then again, Wario fit into Super Mario 64 DS rather well, and I think the only major difference there was much greater strength
at a cost of
lower speed /
agility, so if Luigi could be balanced out...
At the heart of MAS's
speed and
agility is the Schlumpf 2
speed drive — a sophisticated Swiss engineered drive system that allows the rider to shift seamlessly between high and
low gears with a simple tap of the heel.