It's very relaxing to drive and a nice car overall, but the
lack of body control and far too soft suspension get old quickly.
Other than getting stronger, managing these forces effectively is going to help you develop a
lot of body control.
The supple ride doesn't come at the
expense of body control when pitched through corners, nor a lack of grip on the damp roads of our drive.
A seizure is a sudden episode of abnormal brain activity that often involves some
loss of body control.
This requires a
lot of body control, balance and strength through the whole upper body and core.
The big sedan feels taut and alive as it tackles mountain passes, the suspension keeps the heavy chassis planted and there is an impressive
level of body control even in extreme driving situations.
It takes more fiddling than I would like, but I eventually manage to switch it to Sport mode, which still leaves a bit to be desired in terms
of body control in high - speed corners.
Except, what about crappy pop - up slides, where the goal of the runner is to put himself in a better position to advance on the play if needed, but a lack
of body control makes him sproing up into the air?
Unlike both generations of R8 the new TT RS Roadster does more or less read from the very well thumbed Audi dynamic textbook — huge grip and traction,
plenty of body control and lots of stability, but gentle understeer beyond the limit and not much by way of excitement — but it does so while feeling lighter on its toes and more agile than ever before.
Senior web editor Phil Floraday wished for a firmer suspension but acknowledged that he didn't mind trading a
measure of body control in order to stave off impact harshness.
Whereas the standard car can feel quite
short of body control, particularly at the rear axle, the GTS corners flatly and feels superbly locked down with none of the unsettling vertical motions that characterise the base model.
This lack
of body control manifests itself in other ways, most obviously through compressions, when assorted bits of underfloor aerodynamic addenda noisily grind themselves into plasticky swarf on the coarse Welsh tarmac.
This said, there is a clear improvement in the
area of body control, with less tendency for the front end to dramatically lift under hard acceleration and reduced levels of dive under hard braking.
The result is a car that in Comfort setting rides far better than the car it replaces (or competes with) yet has a very high
degree of body control and a feeling of real precision.
Nevertheless, the level
of body control exhibited by the up - spec Polo Comfortline was exemplary; the Polo handled flatly and turned in to corners adeptly.
Over and above the Porsche's extraordinary combination of raw grip, immense traction and the advanced technologies to harness it all, is the sheer
quality of its body control.
At cross-country pace, the chassis has a good breadth of ability, with the softer settings allowing better ride comfort and some body movement, and Sport tightening things up to a level
of body control unknown even by the previous - generation Golf GTI.
That comes at the
cost of body control in fast corners, although you can stiffen the suspension by using Sport or Sport + driving modes.
We thought the Turbo was good, but the 4S's waif - like V6 affords it a bonus
dimension of body control, albeit with the adaptive air - sprung set - up fitted.
The Phantom is all about serene and unflustered travel, it weighs as much as a full - sized SUV but the advanced air suspension provides a surprising amount
of body control if you were to ever tackle a corner with some vigor.
Bumps can still be felt, but the suspension feels like it's absorbing them rather than being lifted by them, and while an E-class feels more pliant still, the basic A6's ride is still more than acceptable with no apparent penalty in
terms of body control.
It is said that it didn't take long for Iyer to notice Pattabhi's high
level of body control and that he asked him how he had achieved such a high degree of physical perfection.
Citroën's original implementation was biased for comfort, at the
expense of body control: after a bump, the system takes longer to settle than most cars.
Select Comfort and you can imagine that it all gets a little softer with a requisite
loss of body control - fine around town or on a motorway but rarely strictly necessary.
To be clear, it's not a muscle car of the old Dukes of Hazzard breed, but rather a full - bore 21st - century rendition of everything great about pure American automotive power, with none of the really ugly stuff such as
lack of body control, wayward steering and underwhelming brakes.
This gives the Clarity a higher level
of body control than the Mirai, while still offering refinement.
In that rare zone where the Trophy is fully dialled - in, there's a level
of body control and agility that's a match for a Ford Fiesta ST, with greater grip and an appealing aggression.
The ride feels more composed than that of the Ford, without losing out in terms
of body control.
The Sports suspension doesn't provide hot hatch levels
of body control but there's enough dynamism here to make light work of quick changes of direction, and there's a sense - not always present in Volkswagen Group small cars - that the rear axle is assisting in those direction changes.
The upshot is that the X4 35i rides and handles with a level
of body control that's simply astonishing for an 1815 kg machine.
Whilst the current Fit is miles ahead of the old one in terms
of body control, we do feel the Honda does bounce a bit over bumps at higher speeds, and doesn't feel as composed as a Ford Fiesta.
The EX-T and above trims also have 20 percent stiffer rear springs and the damping force is increased by 90 percent to deliver high levels
of body control and direct agile handling response.