Pitch the i3s at a few corners and it behaves pretty well for a car that feels tall, pushing
into slight understeer, which is finely managed by the stability control.
Not exact matches
Understeer, when present, is
slight, and the TT rotates
into a nice drift as you feed gas through sweeping turns.
Accordingly there is the
slightest sense of adjustability and poise in the chassis in the first part of a corner, but ultimately the car will only ever fall
into gentle
understeer if you push it beyond its limits.
The natural chassis balance is neutral, pushing
into slight safety
understeer towards the edge of grip.
Everyday driving brings to light only
slight understeer if too much speed is carried
into corners.
The RS 5 Coupé remains neutral for an extremely long time at the handling limits; the
slight understeer when turning
into corners and when accelerating is essentially compensated.
Coming
into the same corners in 2nd, there would be some wheelspin, but still the car remained balanced with just the
slightest touch of
understeer.
Pile
into a corner in a Macan with PTV, feed in throttle, and you can feel the
slight initial
understeer become oversteer as the rear end starts to wiggle under full throttle.