On
standard passive dampers, the 4 Series is a little less able to react to changes in the road surface, so lumps and potholes are felt as heavier thumps inside the car.
Both of the RSs that we drove (on track and then road) were equipped with
the standard passive dampers as opposed to the optional adjustable Magnetic Ride dampers and it's a set up that we would heartily recommend.
Sport specification includes full LED headlights, 18 - inch alloy wheels,
standard passive dampers, a pair of touchscreens (8.8 in and 8.6 in), a suite of safety systems and mild hybrid technology.
Not exact matches
Rear - wheel drive, a manual gearbox and
standard steel springs with
passive dampers are not available.
Adaptive
dampers are optional but our test car came with the
standard passive units.
«The Performance Pack includes front lateral - link ball joints (bushings are
standard), Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires (255 / 40/19 front and 275 / 40/19 rear), unique anti-roll bars and springs,
passive dampers or optional MagneRide and four bolt - in structural braces,» said Mike Del Zio, vehicle dynamics engineer at Ford.
The car comes with a
passive coil suspension setup as
standard, but there are no fewer than four «adaptive» alternatives to that — Comfort, Dynamic, Professional and M - Sport — which introduce active
dampers, a self - levelling air - sprung rear end, stiffened and shortened springs, active anti-roll bars and an active «Dynamic Performance Control» rear differential into the mix in varying combinations.
It gets lowered, stiffened suspension springs, uprated anti-roll bars and upgraded
passive dampers as
standard, but it can be had with switchable «sport select» suspension as an option (which isn't «DCC» adaptive damping as such but instead describes
dampers with two lots of compression and rebound settings that you can chop and change between electronically via the car's driving modes).
Both the Macan S and Macan S Diesel come with steel springs and
passive dampers as
standard, while PASM adaptive
dampers are optional.
Our 35t test car had optional adaptive
dampers (
standard for S) and lulling, well - controlled vertical movements characterized the supple ride at 70 mph — it's more pillowy than the 2.0 D Sport's
passive dampers, that set - up being is special order only in the U.S.
The
standard suspension uses
passive dampers and is calibrated to be close to the Sport type settings.
The steering has been re-tuned to make turn - in sharper, too, and while
passive dampers are
standard, adaptive
dampers are an option.