Weighing - in at 1845 kg it's not exactly light, and this size makes itself known under hard braking or heavy cornering and makes
the car feel unsettled.
Not exact matches
I could
feel the
car steer beneath my hands, which was
unsettling at first but easy to get used to.
There's tension to the ride quality that works just fine on smoother roads, but on rougher sections the
car does
feel busy and
unsettled.
There is a fair amount of roll and the chassis doesn't
feel unbearably stiff — over the big kerbs it's wonderfully pliant, in fact — but body control is good when the corners come thick and fast and the
car isn't
unsettled by bumps.
In Race, the dampers
felt too firm as bumps made the
car bounce and
feel unsettled.
Steering
feel and feedback aren't bad, but there's no impetus to drive this
car in an aggressive, sporty manner given the suspension's
unsettled nature.
Later Super Series
cars make much better use of the ProActive Chassis Control system, sacrificing a little ride quality to give a much more connected
feel, but this early 12C can be
unsettling at times.
Whereas the standard
car can
feel quite short of body control, particularly at the rear axle, the GTS corners flatly and
feels superbly locked down with none of the
unsettling vertical motions that characterise the base model.
City
cars sometimes struggle on ride quality, but even on larger 16 - inch wheels with firmer springs and dampers, the Mii FR Line
feels busy but never crashy or too
unsettled.
The unassisted steering
feels odd, the way the
car moves around on rough, cambered roads is
unsettling, and the hard - working engine is a little too boosty and blunt to truly convince.
The system keeps the
car level when fully loaded and floats comfortably along on faster, smoother roads but the larger wheels mean the ride
feels a little
unsettled on jagged surfaces.
Nevertheless, Tesla's people encouraged us to open the taps, attempt to
unsettle the
car with sudden inputs, stomp the brakes, fling the
car around an on - ramp and get a
feel for the way the company uses regenerative braking.
On one downhill section at about 40 MPH, the road turned, and the
car had that
unsettled feeling that makes one think «DO NOT tap the brakes.»
As evidenced by the photo above, there's a fair bit of body roll when the
car is really pitched hard into a corner, but the Stinger never
feels unsettled, and the rear - wheel drive model, with its available limited - slip differential,
feels particularly playful.
There's too much body roll if you attempt to take corners with gusto, and the chassis begins to
feel unsettled at higher speeds that
cars like the SEAT Ateca take in their stride.
Not quite as much as I've
felt when driving other high - riding Kia models like the Soul and Sportage, but still
unsettling for a
car that's touted as fun to drive.
The
car changes direction sharply without ever
feeling unsettled.
I've always been a little baffled by the intense brand loyalty some people
feel for
car companies, but I think this particular expression is far more
unsettling than any «rather push a whatever than drive a whatever» hat.