The way it smothers
imperfections in the road surface is surreal, especially so since it has no effect on how the 488 handles.
Our test car is fitted with the optional air suspension and over smaller bumps and
imperfections in the road surface the car is very settled indeed, although bigger potholes and expansion joints did crash through the (very solid - feeling) structure.
It doesn't smother
imperfections in the road surface like an old Citroën, but there's none of the oversprung firmness that afflicts so many modern cars.
The big 305s create some «rut wonder» where the car tends to follow
imperfections in the road surface, but this is commonplace with wide front rubber.
This wouldn't be an issue if the car delivered a cosseting ride, but the Compass's composure is too easily shaken by
imperfections in the road surface - particularly sharp bridge expansion joints and shallow potholes.
A commanding view of the road and comfortable, plush seating is mated to a controllable chassis and pliant suspension setup that yields well to
imperfections in the road surface, yet refuses to wallow and bounce when placed under duress.
Accord handling still errs on the side of comfort, working to mute
the imperfections in the road surface, but it does so without drifting into a sensory deprivation experience.
The ride quality in particular is especially impressive, to the point where we'd say few vehicles in the mid-sized sedan segment can trouble the Lexus ES's ability to filter out
imperfections in the road surface.
On the contrary, the Forester flows along the asphalt rather smoothly (albeit not as well as, say, a Volvo XC60); ironing out most of the harsher
imperfections in the road surface.
Not exact matches
Road surface imperfections are rounded off with a real pliancy both
in Comfort and even
in Sport mode.
Road noise and
surface imperfections are as unnoticed as kitchen chaos when you're dining at a high end restaurant, and the options list includes now expected sleep - promoting tech like adaptive cruise control and automatic steering
in lanes for brief periods.
The firm ride has plenty of
road feel, revealing bumps and
imperfections in highways that I previously thought were butter - smooth, and then jarring and jostling my body over the rougher
surface streets and back
roads around my San Francisco / Oakland stomping grounds.
Using a stereo camera, the system scans the
road surface up to 15 meters ahead of the vehicle at speeds up to 130 km / h (81 mph), and it adjusts the shock damping at each wheel to account for
imperfections in the
road.
In setting up a vehicle for a race track as demanding as the Nordschleife, suspension is tuned to be overly harsh, resistant to roll, but not absorbent when it comes to
imperfections on the
road surface.
Regardless of the wheel sizes you specify, the Kia Soul flows over the
road surface, filtering out most of the really obtrusive
imperfections in the asphalt.
Admittedly, the ride can be a little bit crashy over rougher
surfaces, but everywhere else the Legacy managed to iron out the
imperfections in the
road with admirable ease, and a decent job is made of quashing wind and tire roar.