The smooth - shifting automatic transmission, too, can be a little slow to kickdown during
heavy throttle applications, highlighting the want for steering wheel - mounted «paddle» shifters, which sadly, are not available.
The combustion engine only joins the fray at a speed of around 80 km / h (50 mph) or under
heavy throttle applications.
It copes well with hard starts and
heavy throttle applications with virtually no torque steer to speak of.
Driving up and down the slope in a conventional hatchback, it was almost impossible to differentiate the Multiseason from a proper winter tyre, with good grip under harsh braking and
heavy throttle applications (as such, it gains mud and snow and snowflake markings).
Two extra gears in the E300's transmission can't hide a loss of 61 horsepower or the slight drone of the four - cylinder engine during
heavier throttle applications.
Not exact matches
Even when I did manage to engage EV mode, any sort of
throttle application one would deem necessary to get a
heavy crossover moving would add engine power, along with a chiding dash message that EV mode had been disengaged because of «excessive acceleration.»
On
heavy application of the
throttle — merging on the highway or making a pass on a two - lane road — the engine showed a decent amount of grunt and responsiveness for a four - cylinder engine.
The sound track is scintillating enough at idle and small
throttle openings, but valves open up the system with
heavier gas pedal
applications to a rumble complete with lusty crackles and pops.