Sentences with phrase «of midcorner»

The HR - V feels very stable cruising on the highway, but the lack of midcorner steering feel is disappointing; there's a numbness you don't experience in Honda's Civic compact sedan, for example.

But the mix of midcorner lift - off and ambitious g - forces remains as hair - raisingly eerie as it always has been in Porsche's rear - engine sports cars.

Not exact matches

And at half the cost of the ACR, the MX - 5 Cup throws away real - world usability in exchange for grins and huge midcorner speed.

And if you jab the gas heading into a turn, the boost can bring on a midcorner rush of torque that breaks the drive wheels loose.

The dramatically improved balance comes with absolutely no penalty — the new GT - R is not only less upset by midcorner bumps, it remains unbelievably forgiving, largely shrugging off bad driving while still responding to all of the driver's inputs immediately.

You have to stifle a chortle as the car defies physical convention, and then, midcorner, its vast 285 - section - width front Michelin Super Sports (a brand - new Cup tire with 9/32 of an inch of tread) claw into the surface and allow the driver to indulge the gas pedal.

The Bentley's steering weights up just right on long corners, which is good because there's plenty of body lean and you don't want midcorner corrections.

That said, larger bumps and midturn potholes (the kind that you find on poorly maintained, twisty mountain roads) can be a bit of an issue for the Nismo Z's super-stiff suspension, so take care when you're really pushing it lest you find the rear end hopping a few inches laterally midcorner.

And while the suspension was capable of delivering joy on a smooth and sweeping back road bend, around town, amid the potholes and uneven pavement of San Francisco's streets, about the only thing the Veloster's stiffer suspension seemed to accomplish was to annoy our editors with its jarringly stiff ride and tendency to wander over midcorner bumps.

Accelerate hard midcorner, if you dare, and the system again allows the rears to break loose enough to inspire equal amounts of glee and fear before dialing things back.

The softer setup lets the suspension absorb midcorner bumps with grace and allows a bit of body roll when cornering.