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The bike offers great ride quality as its wheelbase results in better turn stability.

The Dart has a pleasant, European - tight ride quality as well as the nimble and responsive handling associated with Alfa Romeo.

For luxury automakers, the focus has been on providing the functionality of a truck while erasing as much of the truck - like ride quality as possible so as to provide drivers with an experience similar to that of the sedans for which these companies are known.

Ultimately, in terms of everyday comfort, the Clio doesn't deliver the same level of refinement or ride quality as rivals such as the VW Polo, Skoda Fabia or Hyundai i20.

The folks at Skoda have made sure that the passengers get the most comfortable ride quality as the seats also offer lateral support.

In the past MINIs have been about as famous for their poor ride quality as for their engaging character but MINI has looked to address that with the new model.

If you want a car for ride quality as well as build quality go for rapid.

It starts at a hefty $ 73,850, bear in mind that it has a truck - based chassis platform and won't provide the smoother ride quality as the Lexus.

I rated ride quality as merely «reasonable» last time I drove one two years ago, while the coupe (on Continental tires) rides with cushioned aplomb.

These do affect the ride quality as the E-Class feels a little harsher than a BMW 5 Series Touring over similar surfaces.

So do the dampers, which are stiffer than the sedan's: they do as much to diminish ride quality as to aid handling.

Not exact matches

Sun & Earth's mission is to create high - quality cleaning products from natural ingredients that work just as well as chemical - ridden commercial brands.

As for Uche, man you must be really riding on something to come with back - to - back articles of the highest quality.

I wish there was a BOB ride - on toddler board that you could attach, as it's very difficult to find a quality product in another brand that has consistently positive reviews.

Special Award: Brattle Theater, on its 100th anniversary, «for maintaining the tradition of revival film programming in the Boston area and for its commitment to quality prints and projection» (the Globe's language, not necessarily the BSFC's) Special Award: The Coolidge Corner Theater Foundation and Friends in Support of the Somerville Theater, «for their efforts to preserve historic theaters as sites for alternative film programming» (ditto) Best Discovery or Rediscovery: The Great Rock»n' Roll Swindle (Temple), The Dybbuk (Waszynski), Coonskin (Bakshi), restored Lawrence of Arabia (Lean), Carnival of Souls (Hervey) Best Film Series: The West Rides Again (Museum of Fine Arts), The Films of Carl Theodor Dreyer (MFA), The Boston Jewish Film Festival (MFA), The Films of Anna Magnani (MFA), and The Films of John Cassavetes (Harvard Film Archive)

As a result, it compromised ride quality, passenger comfort, and overall practicality for ultimate performance.

The redone interior has high - quality, attractive materials; the driving experience has less wind and road noise, as well as an even - smoother ride; and both the traditional and hybrid models are all more fuel - efficient than the 2011 Camry.

As part of its platter of techy options you can have the Mondeo with switchable dampers, but it's a tribute to the quality of the ride / handling balance on the sports suspension of this Titanium model that the computerised set - up is frankly unnecessary.

Steeda is keen to point out the chassis overhaul hasn't sacrificed ride quality, with the Q500 equally as comfortable as the standard car.

As a result, there's no need for the stiff, track - specific anti-roll bars that inevitably degrade ride quality.

But these are fringe factors compared with truly decisive qualities such as ride, handling, and roadholding.

Great as those competitors are, they're not perfect — the Hyundai / Kia twins are rough around the edges where NVH, ride quality, and steering are concerned; the Camry is still plagued with milquetoast exterior styling; the Nissan is frumpy looking and its four - cylinder lags way behind in refinement.

Biermann's group will tune these cars for specific markets This is important because as Hyundai design and quality improved exponentially in the last decade, ride and handling remained the company's Achilles heel.

When it launched, we liked the SUV for mixing carlike qualities, such as a smooth ride and responsive handling, with legitimate four - wheel - drive off - road capability.

The second - generation 2016 Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan builds upon the qualities we liked in the original, such as a quiet ride, with the addition of a more refined turbocharged four - cylinder engine and greater in - car connectivity, but I wish the driving experience were more engaging.

Wheels and tires can affect ride quality, and our test car had optional 22 - inch wheels with low - profile tires, as opposed to the standard 20 - inch wheels.

Having said that, the ride quality of the air - suspended Flying Spur is never as smooth as you might expect.

Alas, that's the reality, as well, but the CrossCab is not without redeeming qualities, including a well - appointed interior and a smooth (if somewhat jiggly) ride.

I didn't particularly intend to keep the car for as long as I have, but the combination of ride quality, feel and handling means I can't find anything else to replace it.

There was a paradigm shift in the ride quality, it became better, and the experience for the pillion rider was improved as well.

As a bonus they're also 50 per cent lighter, cutting unsprung weight, which in turn improves ride quality.

Active dampers are an option, as are various larger wheels (up to 19in) that no doubt provide a sportier feel at the expense of ride quality - though hopefully the new Mercedes A-class will handle all surfaces better than its firmly - suspended predecessor.

As I noted in my first drive of the car in June 2016, the S90 shakes up the luxury segment not with Hellcat - conquering power or sports - car handling but with ride quality rarely seen in the luxury segment in recent decades.

Body roll is brilliantly suppressed by the active anti-roll technology, allowing the electronically controlled dampers to remain as soft as possible to keep the ride quality in check.

The chassis feels lively as you push it through a set of tight switchbacks, yet it is compliant in its ride quality when just ambling along.

The ride quality is as good as that in many larger cars, and it's agile enough to invite you to throw it into a turn at a decent clip.

As my colleagues have pointed out, the Fit is surprisingly entertaining to hustle around town, even if its ride quality is a little bumpier than many of its competitors.

The system gives the QX56 incredible composure through turns, especially considering the truck's 6068 - pound curb weight, and the massive twenty - two - inch wheels that are also included with the package didn't negatively affect ride quality, which deputy editor Joe DeMatio described as «creamy but controlled.»

With a simple suspension setup of struts in front and a torsion - beam axle in the rear, the Buick Encore nevertheless achieves a masterful balance between refined ride quality and taut body control, as if it had been developed in Germany, not Korea.

As Joe DeMatio notes, the ride quality is also excellent, if also quintessentially German.

The 7 - series also reminds me why we constantly tout European suspension tuning as the gold standard — excellent body control no tradeoff in ride quality, even when the nav system took me over some of Detroit's worst roads.

«After 27,000 miles of terrible ride quality over anything but perfectly smooth blacktop, I'm completely turned off by these wheels, as much as I initially liked the look,» he grouses.

Nissan apparently agrees that, even for an extreme machine, the GT - R's ride is overly stiff, as the company has retuned the rear suspension for better ride quality in 2011 models.

Still, it's also important to note that ride quality has been a consistent problem area for the Sportage, as well as for other Kia / Hyundai vehicles we've tested.

Like the Audi it lags behind the best as a driver's car, but more than makes up for it with an extensive suite of driver assistance and safety functions as well S - class - aping ride quality.

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As such, its relatively high price is defensible, and even more so when you consider how much more refined — in both ride quality and interior comfort — it is compared to competitors such as the Mitsubishi EvAs such, its relatively high price is defensible, and even more so when you consider how much more refined — in both ride quality and interior comfort — it is compared to competitors such as the Mitsubishi Evas the Mitsubishi Evo.

We suspect Mercedes knows that as they chose to present the car on Spanish roads so smooth, perfectly maintained, and free of any surface corruption that it was impossible to judge its ride qualities precisely.

evo comment — Ford might say that it's designed the new Fiesta's suspension to take 18in alloys for the first time and while they might give the hatch tough looks we'd stick with 17s as the 18s tend to upset the car's sweet handling balance and affect ride quality.