Sentences with phrase «road surfaces»

Magnetic Ride Control (with StabiliTrak and Brake Assist) Using magnetically charged particles suspended in a synthetic fluid, the Lucerne's shocks continually adjust to varying road surfaces and driving conditions, this remarkable feature responds far faster than conventional valve - damping systems to provide the rare combination of exceptional twisty - road handling and silky smooth highway ride.

An extensive team of engineers dedicated to prototype development and testing, are travelling to over 20 countries worldwide to test in extremes of climates over a variety of road surfaces and altitudes.

The Skyhook suspension gives it a smooth ride even on the worst road surfaces.

Redesigning the front suspension cradle isolators, reducing vehicle shake on uneven road surfaces and providing a more solid feeling to the vehicle

The 159 has impressive grip through bends and rides well on most road surfaces, but body roll isn't contained and the car can feel unwieldy on twisty roads.

Even over bad road surfaces, the Honda dutifully kept the bumps and potholes as bay.

Where the Octavia does pull some points back over its rivals, though, is in ride comfort, which feels nicely controlled over rough road surfaces.

This refinement, as deceitful as it is at times in terms of gearing, is also massively impressive on the suspension front, where the ADAM GLAM's «sports» chassis and suspension tune rides imperfect road surfaces with surprising aptitude given the short wheel travel.

Redesigning the front suspension strut mounts, resulting in improved isolation and reduced impact noise on rough road surfaces

On top of better traction and more responsive steering, engineers have also uprated the old car's magnetorheological dampers that are now claimed to offer less body roll and a better ride over poor road surfaces.

Double - wishbone front and Integral Link rear suspension, as well as a sophisticated Electric Power Assisted Steering (EPAS) system2, deliver exceptional capability on varying road surfaces.

Test drive it over different road surfaces.

A soft transmission mounting arrangement, on the other hand, minimises oscillations and vibrations, thereby improving comfort on uneven road surfaces, but at the expense of driving dynamics.

In creating the US - market CLA, Mercedes specified the harder of the two available suspension setups offered in Europe — a move that seems like an odd choice for a vehicle whose mission is not sporting in nature, especially for use in a country with less - than - pristine road surfaces.

«By monitoring the motion of the vehicle and changes in the height of the suspension, the car is able to continuously adjust the vehicle's suspension characteristics, giving passengers a more comfortable ride over uneven and damaged road surfaces.

EXPERTS REPORT: Edmunds.com explains On the road, the 2017 Nissan Versa delivers a comfortable ride quality even over rough road surfaces..

The stories explaining how rallycross racing originated vary as widely as the road surfaces rally cars race on, and which version you hear depends on who you ask.

Without the ability to move and flex with the uneven road surfaces and bumpy roads, the vehicle would be difficult to control, hitting the bumps solidly, which would cause the wheels to leave the ground in a vertical bounce and land with a crash.

Only the worst road surfaces generate any annoying vibrations.

This reduces the tendency of the shock to overheat on rough road surfaces

Yes, there's a palpable muscularity to the suspension, the sense of springs that crave some dynamic loading to settle into their operating window, but there's enough pliancy to the damping that the RS will take the edge off the UK's frankly rotten road surfaces.

It also enhances traction when accelerating on inconsistent road surfaces.

Driving over rough or damaged road surfaces, as well as debris, curbs, and other obstacles can cause serious damage to wheels, tires, and suspension parts.

Helps provide straight, more controlled stops, while helping the driver maintain steering control undermost road conditions, including slippery road surfaces

The springs, torsion bars, shock absorbers, linkages and locating members acting together to control motions caused by tires passing over uneven road surfaces to reduce the effect on the vehicle body.

The robust chassis combined with the available Active - Level ™ Four - Corner Air Suspension gives the 2016 Ram 1500 an incredibly smooth ride as it absorbs shocks and jolts from uneven road surfaces.

Tread depth is one of the key components for safe driving, especially on wet road surfaces.

PSM improves traction under acceleration on inconsistent road surfaces.

The use of Goodyear's Active Braking Technology in the Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 ensures that when braking the contact surface between the tyre and road increases - greatly enhancing the braking performance and delivery short braking distances on both wet and dry road surfaces.

Large liquid - filled bushing that helps isolate the vehicle from road or engine vibrations due to the suspension traveling on uneven road surfaces.

The available Hydraulic Body Motion Control system also helps isolate the cabin from irregular road surfaces, so vertical motion is reduced over bumps and potholes and passengers can enjoy a smoother ride.

As it's designed to be a city car, it's ability to take on uneven urban road surfaces is excellent.

Gas - pressurized shock absorbers to maintain optimum ride control over a variety of road surfaces

Stability is also improved on road surfaces with varying grip as well as in the wet and snow.

In interaction with Porsche Stability Management (PSM), the system provides better traction and greater driving stability not least on road surfaces with varying grip as well as in the wet and snow.

Sensors record the body movements that accompany powerful acceleration, braking and rapid cornering on uneven road surfaces.

If Traverse is properly equipped, this convenient feature allows you to adjust your vehicle's performance on challenging road surfaces with the simple turn of a dial.

There's not much you can do about the hard - edged ride, though, which is unforgiving of broken road surfaces and a fly in the ointment for this faster, madder Gallardo.

It just doesn't feature the same rock - solid, straight - line stability of the German and hunts around some over changing road surfaces.

The ride is generally supple even on the worst of road surfaces, while wind and tyre noise are suitably suppressed.

The 2019 Subaru Ascent feels nicely planted, handling the curvy roads near Coastal Oregon, some 50 miles south of Portland — where Outbacks are as common as Ford F - 150s elsewhere in the country — without giving up comfort over uneven road surfaces.

Combine the steering changes with the other chassis upgrades on the road — a more compliant ride despite stiffer Exige Cup dampers, improved body control, increased grip levels and the more relaxed nature and settled movements on poor road surfaces — and the Sport 350 draws you in.

Its thin - rimmed steering wheel performs an interpretive dance in your hands, sharing with you its fascination with changing road surfaces, cambers, and grip levels.

The extra mass — and fairly pliant suspension settings — mean that feels a bit softer than the rest of the range, and although it's comfortable and impressively wafty at cruising speeds, it's lacking a bit of composure when asked to deal with rougher road surfaces.

What made the R8 exceptional back then and keeps it so damn tempting now is its sweet chassis balance, crisp and intuitive steering, Lotus - like fluidity over tricky road surfaces, the click - clack of the open-gated manual» box and, not least, the stirring soundtrack and immediate response of that 4.2 - litre V8.

But what's most apparent is the abilities of the PDCC roll bars to slacken off when the car is cruising in a straight line, removing the sort of head toss that could blight a stiffly sprung high performance SUV over uneven road surfaces.

The suspension may be slightly stiffer than your run - of - the - mill XKR, but it's not something that you notice over most road surfaces.

As a New Yorker, I don't think road surfaces get much worse than the undulating series of potholes along the East River's F.D.R. Drive.

In this form, ride quality is taut but not stiff, and the crossover coped well with L.A.'s varied road surfaces.

While cabin quietness mostly lived up to our expectations, some of Oregon's coarse road surfaces incited tire roar that was impossible to ignore.