The brake
pedal feels slightly spongy initially but firms up during hard braking which is spot - on; thanks to the ABS with EBD which is standard across all variants.
Enlarged front brakes make the middle
pedal feel slightly grabby at first, but you learn to appreciate their ability to slow the Swift Sport down in a hurry.
Not exact matches
When you try you find that what
felt like
slightly too long of a
pedal travel with your right foot suddenly
feels perfect.
We would have appreciated a bit more
feel from the squishy brake
pedal and
slightly numb steering rack, but the Tucson displayed tightly controlled body motions even on a section of gravel road.
The four - piston monoblock Brembo brake setup doesn't
feel quite as impressive as I'd expected either, the
pedal lacking that solid
pedal feel of the best setups and with a
slightly long travel.
The revised brakes are better than before but still don't instil confidence on first acquaintance thanks to a
slightly dead
feel under foot and more
pedal travel than you really want in a car as sporting as this.
The
pedals feel a little light and the clutch has a high,
slightly indistinct biting point, but the gearshift
feels reasonably precise and pleasing.
However the driving position
feels a little off, as you sit quite high up and the
pedals feel too close to the steering wheel, so you end up sitting in a
slightly unnatural fashion.
The dissolved air results in a
slightly spongy
pedal feel.
The only thing that needs improving upfront is better thigh support and a more ergonomically sound driving position — the
pedals are
slightly off - set and the steering wheel
feels a tad too close to the driver.
Brake
feel from the four discs is
slightly spongy at the
pedal, but good stopping power is there if you press far enough.
The Ford's brake
pedal has better
feel but the vehicle tends to nose dive on sharp braking at high speeds (the dive is much lesser in the diesel EcoSport which is
slightly front heavy and thus stiffer), there is no such
feeling in the Duster, which never swings any other way and remains throughly composed.
I
felt the seat was a little flatter than I would have preferred, the seat base lacked shape, and it was either
slightly misaligned or the
pedals and footrest were skewed to the right.
My only minor complaint is a
slightly mushy brake
pedal feel.
We also found that brake
feel changed
slightly after the i30 N was punished for repeated laps, the
pedal sinking
slightly before recovering on at least one occasion.