Dynamic (D) is the most aggressive and performance - oriented driving mode, with
quickened throttle response and shifts held longer for more robust acceleration.
Someone had left the car in dynamic mode, which
quickens the throttle response, turning the accelerator pedal into a hair trigger.
Also on the knob is a clever and useful Sport Response «push to pass» button that instantly drops the transmission down several gears while
quickening the throttle and steering for 20 seconds, allowing you to blow right past that lumbering pickup in your lane with hardly any effort on your part.
But then the engineers went all the way and created a racing - style flat - plane crankshaft, which not only
quickens throttle response but also the helps the engine breathe better at extreme high rpm, creating more power.
Changing out of Comfort mode into the Sport modes did no more than
quicken throttle and shift responses, and those changes simply didn't matter in this setting, where «comfort» still provides enough of the Panamera's innate agility to maintain its image as the sports car of its segment.
The 2010 BMW 650i's standard features include a dual automatic climate control system, DVD - based navigation with iDrive integrated controller, a multifunction steering wheel, power tilt and telescoping steering column, programmable keyless remote entry, corner - following xenon Adaptive Headlights, Adaptive Brake Lights (that indicate your stopping intensity to vehicles following behind), Dynamic Stability Control (DSC), electronically - modulated Active Roll Stabilization, Dynamic Driving Control (that
quickens throttle and shift responses), advanced anti-lock brakes, run - flat tires and a no - charge choice between a six - speed manual or six - speed Sport automatic transmission.
Once we arrived at the twisty portion of our drive route, we punched things into sport - plus to firm up the suspension and steering and
quicken throttle response.
It also
quickens throttle response and speed of gearchanges, and opens further the already sonorous exhaust.
Equipped with Lexus» selectable drive - mode system, the F Sport adds a Sport S + setting that firms up steering feedback and
quickens throttle response.
Sport mode also holds shifts longer and
quickens throttle response.
But pull back on the shifter once to engage Sport mode, which
quickens throttle response, and holds gears longer for more spirited acceleration.
Sport
quickens throttle response and adds steering weight.
Sport holds gears longer and
quickens throttle response, while Manual allows you to shift on your own with the paddle shifters, although the gearbox will upshift for you at 6000 rpm, (about 800 rpm away from the redline).
The large paddle shifters offer involvement and the S mode
quickens the throttle a bit and holds gears.
In addition to a wider track, stiffer springs, more rigid anti-roll bars and solid front / rear bushings... Si spec includes adaptive dampers that offer a choice of Normal and Sport settings, the latter also increases the effort of the Si's quick (2.11 turns lock to lock) dual - pinion variable - ratio electric power steering and
quickens throttle response.»
Not exact matches
Best of all, under full
throttle in Sport Plus mode, the engine computer slightly delays ignition and injection during gear changes,
quickening the shifts.
There's also a Sport button, which
quickens the shifting of the six - speed dual - clutch transmission; it also ensures later upshifts and earlier downshifts, and it speeds up the steering and
throttle action.
In addition to improving
throttle response, holding gears during cornering,
quickening shifts and making them more precise, the Polestar performance optimization software adds extra power and torque.
Dynamic mode calls up more aggressive
throttle mapping,
quickens shift times, and alters stability control to permit greater drift angles.
Admittedly, the electric steering doesn't provide any feel in Normal or Sport modes, but the latter setting does at least
quicken the engine's response to
throttle inputs.
The more sport - oriented modes sharpen
throttle response, select a more aggressive transmission shift map, firm up the dampers, stiffen the antiroll bars,
quicken the steering ratio, reduce the power - steering assistance, and raise the stability control's intervention threshold.
Sport mode tightens up the steering and adaptive suspension,
quickens the transmission shifts, makes the
throttle more eager and lets the electric motor kick in earlier.
If you wish to liven things up a bit, then the standard Sport Mode will increase
throttle response and
quicken the Electronic Power Steering for a more energetic handling whenever you want.
Its Sport mode livens things up, making the entire car feel tied down a bit harder, while Sport + lets it slide more,
quickens the shifts, the steering and the
throttle response and it even fires up the big - boy exhaust pipes.
The
throttle is the same drive - by - wire system, and the front wheels are steered by the same electronic power - steering system, but the steering ratio has been
quickened to 15.11:1 versus 16.08:1.
S mode and race mode
quicken up the steering and
throttle.
Every aspect of the car's controls from the steering, braking and
throttle has been
quickened.
Punch it and the
throttle response
quickens, while a second chamber opens in the exhaust to reduce backpressure while lowering the exhaust bark an octave or two.
The Abarth 595 also has a driver - selectable Sport mode that firms up steering feel, increases
throttle response and in auto versions
quickens gear changes.
There also the ubiquitous Sport Chrono Package, which on past Porsches included a performance display, both digital and analogue, and a go - faster «Sport Plus» button that stiffens suspension, sharpens
throttle response,
quickens steering, and includes several other useful racing features.
In SPORT,
throttle response
quickens and shifts are held longer, but you pay the price in lower fuel economy.
This mode cinches down the chassis,
quickens the steering, sharpens the
throttle responses and wakes up that 8 - speed automatic for rapid - fire downshifts.
As one cycles through the
throttle response
quickens and sports sharp makes it even quicker.
Punch up either of those and the steering feels better and weightier (though still somewhat numb),
throttle response
quickens, and the transmission feels like it holds on to gears just that a hair longer.
In addition, the Vantage S features a «Sport» button which
quickens the gear changes and gives the driver a more aggressive
throttle response while also opening the exhaust bypass valves across most of the engine speed range perfectly characterising the»S» variant.