Its responsive steering gives good feedback and there's minimal body roll and understeer, and its tail will step out slightly and controllably as
you power out of a tight corner, all of this with the traction and stability control off.
Not exact matches
The balance feels more nose - led here and there's not enough low - down torque to really fire
out of tighter corners, but there's a pleasing sense
of grip and
power being evenly matched.
Out of tighter turns you can work the quattro drivetrain to your advantage and get on the power sooner than you think and drive out of a corner with more throttle much earlier, with the front tyres guiding you out as the rears take all the torque they can and a little bit more while you add some counter ste
Out of tighter turns you can work the quattro drivetrain to your advantage and get on the
power sooner than you think and drive
out of a corner with more throttle much earlier, with the front tyres guiding you out as the rears take all the torque they can and a little bit more while you add some counter ste
out of a
corner with more throttle much earlier, with the front tyres guiding you
out as the rears take all the torque they can and a little bit more while you add some counter ste
out as the rears take all the torque they can and a little bit more while you add some counter steer.
Power hard
out of a
tight corner and there's a sense the rear axle is helping rotate the tail a little, reducing understeer and helping you carry more speed down the next straight.
It has no problem dealing with either 2 - litre engine's
power, keeping wheelspin to a minimum
out of tight corners.
BMW xDrive efficiently reduces understeer and oversteer when
cornering by sending as necessary
power front or rear, improving driving dynamics, for example when steering into a
corner or accelerating
out of even the
tightest bends.
I saw the warning lights flashing well into triple digits, but was most dismayed by the inability to
power out of slow,
tight corners.
Presented for the first time in the new BMW i3s (270 N · m at 0 rpm, 135 kW / 184 HP,
power consumption combined in European NEFZ test - cycle *: 14.3 kWh / 100 km; CO2 emissions combined: 0 g / km), the system improves traction and driving stability in adverse weather and road conditions when pulling away, in active Brake Energy Regeneration phases and when accelerating
out of tight corners.
Meanwhile the VAQ does a great job
of subtly staving off understeer, encouraging you to put your foot down even more to be «dragged»
out of every
tight corner exit as it shuffles the
power between the two driven wheels.
I'm hurtling down a straight at insane speeds in my Lotus; the
tight hairpin is approaching fast, but Sebestian Vettel's rocket
powered Red Bull hasn't taken massive chunks
out of my lead on that single straight and I need to leave my braking for this
corner as late as possible to try to claw back a little bit
of time and hold the lead for the final lap.