"Predictable understeer" refers to a situation when a vehicle's front tires lose grip and slide towards the outside of a turn, making it harder to steer. However, this behavior is expected and can be anticipated by the driver, allowing them to react accordingly and adjust their driving.
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Around the city, the Aura Green Line feels soft and flaccid in cornering,
demonstrating predictable understeer, while on the freeway, it cruises along comfortably provided it is not required to perform any sudden bursts of acceleration.
Unburdened by speed limits, and with no agricultural vehicles to look out for, we could focus on the car's handling as we whipped through the track's 14 turns: Very neutral (once you know what to expect from the AHA and stability control systems),
with predictable understeer.
On the road, the Lancer GTS handled like a typical sport - tuned front - wheel - drive car, which is to say with some mild and
predictable understeer when rammed into a tight corner.
In typical Subaru fashion, you only have to worry about safe and
predictable understeer.
Of course, safe,
predictable understeer isn't always a bad thing when you're just trying to get to work, so we won't punish the Fusion too badly for it.
Handling isn't what we'd call amazing either, with road manners that tend toward safe and
predictable understeer.
A Quattro all - wheel drive system which tends to give way into - as you'd expect - nice,
predictable understeer is a factor, but a lot of the lack of thrill factor is down to the engines.
It's an energetic, fun car to drive and its default response to heavy - handedness is
predictable understeer.