Steering felt about as nimble and responsive as that of any other Golf we've driven, its anti-roll-bar-equipped strut - type front and
multilink rear suspension doing its best to keep body roll to a minimum.
Left alone, the 240's supple
multilink rear suspension does a fine job.
Not exact matches
The Beetle Turbo uses a damper - strut front
suspension and a
multilink setup at the
rear, while the standard car makes
do with a beam axle.
Even if you don't spring for the adjustable
suspension option, this is likely the sharpest driving Avalon to date, thanks to the TNGA underpinnings with
multilink rear suspension.
Much of that has to
do with the nicely tuned
suspension, double wishbones up front and
multilink in the
rear, riding on Michelin Pilot Super Sport radials, 255 / 35 - ZR 19 on forged aluminum BBS wheels in the front, and 275 / 35 - ZR 19s in the back.
This new Beetle Dune concept
does without the old car's complicated adjustable air
suspension, relying instead on the 2014 Volkswagen Beetle's stock MacPherson front struts and
multilink rear suspension arrangements.
Its party piece and the thing that makes it unique in the class is its use of a
multilink rear suspension setup that
does away with traditional leaf springs and replaces them with car - like coilovers.
The
multilink rear suspension helps open up space inside, as
do new space - efficient electrical modules and wire routing.
The
multilink suspension gets stabilizer bars in both front and
rear, resulting in generally comfortable ride quality and a vehicle that doesn't wallow in the turns.
The latter also gains a more advanced
multilink rear suspension for improved handling (the standard GT makes
do with a torsion beam), and it also receives quicker steering, as well as revised damping and spring rates and a 15 - mm
rear antiroll bar.