The way I read it there's a bit more
bite on corner exit and a suspension set up that allows you to carry more speed in fast flowing corners.
Not exact matches
In slow
corners it can understeer a
bit (it's got a massive great V8 up front after all), but for the most part it's neutral and shifts into small angles of oversteer
on corner exit.
This Cayman S also feels a
bit looser going into
corners and a lot faster
on exit compared to the Boxster S, but we chock this up to our growing confidence after several laps around this track with its challenging elevation changes and long, fast
corners.
Settled into a perfectly balanced neutral - to - oversteer stance, the Superleggera cuts through the
corner in terrific style, changing direction with zero inertia and
exiting hard
on the power, all four sticky Pirellis
biting into the track surface.
As a result, the Civic scrubs a
bit of speed easily when entering a
corner without hitting the brakes, while providing plenty of thrust
on corner exit without you needing to worry about downshifting from fourth to third gear.
The back of the new XE can be made to easily step out by disabling the traction and stability control and getting a
bit carried away with the throttle
on corner exit.
On a twisty mountain road the Camry willingly dug into
corners, but
exit speeds were hampered a
bit by a confused transmission.
You can really lean
on it through
corners, and even enjoy a
bit of approachable lift - off oversteer if you want to, while the diff lets you get
on the power early as the Yaris scrabbles gamely along your chosen
exit line.
Throw in that clever differential, which can open or progressively lock
on - demand, and the GT S
bites hard
on corner exit.
The gearbox could have been quicker to swap ratios, apart from which it felt a
bit confused about selecting the best ratio especially when I stepped
on the throttle at
corner exits.