You can rotate the car easily in turns using either throttle or steering input, and the amazing amounts of grip mean that later braking into — and
earlier acceleration out of — corners is possible.
When sprinting, one the
initial early acceleration phase has been completed, the joint angles of the hip and knee during the ground contact phase range from 30 degrees of flexion through to full extension.
This provides more grip for later braking and
earlier acceleration out of corners,» said Vince LaViolette, Shelby American vice president of operations, to a crowd of car journos and guests.
For example, in some districts,
early acceleration is no longer an option.
Conceived to reduce understeer and increase cornering grip by preventing the inside wheel from spinning during hard or
early acceleration, the clever LSD has until now been reserved for Ford's larger, more expensive Focus RS LE hot hatch.
According to Shelby American's chief test driver Vince LaViolette, all these changes bring significant handling improvements, allowing for more grip for later braking,
earlier acceleration out of corners, and more feedback to the driver.