The steering feels very solid, with no drift in the wheel during long stretches at speed.
The electrically assisted power
steering feels very light at all speeds but maintains good response.
But the downside of this light steering is that it doesn't weigh up at higher speeds, and the feedback from
the steering feels very artificial.
Besides, feedback from
the steering feels very artificial, which doesn't really inspire a lot of confidence.
Also, with Distronic engaged
the steering feels very vague and uncertain at times, not what I'm used to from Mercedes.
The steering feels very direct and precise, but in dynamic has a slight two - step feel, while is more linear in comfort as I said.
Handling is good and
the steering feels very tight and predictable.
Even in comfort setting, the electric - assist power
steering felt very sensitive, almost too responsive.
Not exact matches
The fabric
feels very nice and the
steering is so easy.
As a novice, you want to
steer clear of
very heavy weight; instead, we've suggested fairly high rep ranges for the first couple of weeks, until you get a better
feel for movement patterns.
Shorts and a tee
feels very off duty, relaxed, and while I tend to
steer toward black, I guess it makes a nice change.
Prosser continues: «The N430 schools the AMG GT [and 911] for
steering feel, and it also has a sweet balance and a
very keen, readable front axle.
This robs you of the sensation of
feeling instantly at home with the
steering's rate of response (particularly if the roads are damp, when there's
very little sign from the
steering of understeer or the onset of oversteer), and weighting isn't ideal either - what
feels just about meaty enough at normal pace doesn't translate into any extra weight when you start loading up the chassis, which can be disconcerting.
But this one does
feel very vintage, from the thin - rimmed
steering wheel to the lack of grip and the pronounced body roll.
The engine is more responsive,
steers well, better
feel on the brakes and the interior looks
very good.
On the way to Sears Point, the RLX exhibits competent handling: the big sedan gets around the mountain roads with
very little understeer and a bit of cushy body roll, although the inevitable electric power
steering is average in
feel and feedback, which is to say, there's not enough of either.
And the paddles mounted behind the
steering wheel
feel very familiar, just like those of an S4 or RS6.
The RS has
very quick
steering that
feels very sensitive to even minor inputs.
Very good
steering feel, accurate and quick.
«The supple ride quality, precise
steering, and responsive brake pedal
feel are all
very good for a car of this class,» said DeMatio.
There's more
feel through the
steering and sharper response, but the overwhelming sense remains that this is a car built to cover ground
very quickly and at the total mercy of the driver's preferred style.
Paired with some firm suspension the C43
feels very agile on turn in but the
steering doesn't transmit any feedback through the wheel and the lack of body roll makes it incredibly difficult to judge the front tyre's grip level.
The speed - sensitive
steering lacks old - school
feel but is
very precise, and despite the 1905 kg kerb weight the CLS53 always
feels agile and on its toes, rather than bloated and flat - footed.
The Nissan still has nothing on a Porsche, a BMW, or even a Mazda where
steering feel is concerned (especially on center), but it's no longer completely numb at the limit and comes alive quite nicely at
very high speeds.
The
steering doesn't
feel very immediate, as some of the suspension's slack has to be taken up before the car responds.
«
Steering feel is vague and directional stability is
very poor, and the ride is choppier and more brittle than what you get in a Ram or a GM truck,» Holmes adds.
Yes, the
steering feel is good and the engine has a decent amount of power, but the Outlander just
feels very bland.
The F - Type's
steering is relatively light yet
very precise, with good
feel, even if it's not as hyper - communicative as, say, the Porsche Boxster «s.
The
steering weights up nicely with speed but never
feels very lively and the front tyres squeal when pushed hard rather than the chassis indulging in any firecracker tail - led antics.The GT goes from grip to slip progressively and didn't frustrate when we stumbled upon a gloriously sinuous and deserted road.
The brakes don't have much
feel, and the
steering is somewhat vague, but ride quality is
very high and it tracks totally straight on the highway.»
The
steering, meanwhile, is still
very direct and crisp, without ever dripping in
feel.
Even the previously deeply hateful Dynamic
Steering works
very well in this environment and
feels much more natural than ever before.
Sometimes the
steering just
feels very imbalanced.
Body roll is still a factor, however, and the
steering response itself is a little slow, but it's accurate, stable and
feels very well planted.
The Gunther is the dancer of the two, a prima ballerina that teaches a master's course on the
very notion of
steering feel.
As expected though, under acceleration with most of the weight on the rear tyres, the
steering changes again and
feels very vague and unpredictable.
The HR - V
feels very stable cruising on the highway, but the lack of midcorner
steering feel is disappointing; there's a numbness you don't experience in Honda's Civic compact sedan, for example.
The
steering isn't fantastic — it's
very light and lacks
feel, most noticeably upon quick turn - in, when you require the most confidence.
Instead, as we have been told many times by many individuals over the course of many decades (a few fingers might have been wagged in our face in the process) the most important thing about a Beetle convertible is its ability to transport you to a place where the handbags and shoes are all snappy, every car has a
steering wheel with a white rim, and a young woman
feels as if she's the star of her
very own fashion photo shoot in the south of France — or California, at least.
Driving the 3.4 manual straight after a go in a «showhome - spec» 3.8 - litre Carrera S with PDK, PDCC and every other conceivable extra
felt like a more direct path to whatever flavour of 911 - ness the 991 is seeking to purvey, the mantra «less is more» almost materialising before my
very eyes as I gripped a
steering wheel that was just that, pure and simple — no buttons at all.
I didn't venture far but the combination of little
steering lock, a
very firm ride, the sheer noise of the engine and «box and the centrifugal clutch's quite abrupt take - up made it
feel less resolved than, say, an Atom 3.5 R or Radical RXC Turbo would do.
As the road snakes and kinks through the canyon, the XF
steers beautifully,
feeling very linear,
very connected and
very immediate, but with no hint of nervousness.
The
steering is pretty heavy at low speed but
feels very connected and has good weight once you get going.
There are some areas that need work — the throttle response is
very binary, creating a
feeling of turbo lag that isn't really there and the
steering is perhaps too fast once the downforce is aiding
steering response - but the fundamentals are astonishing.
The
steering is
very light, but it's also accurate so you can always
feel how hard you're working the front tyres, and there is a really nice balance to the chassis so, although you won't find any wild lift - off oversteer, you can adjust the car subtly in a way that makes it
very easy and rewarding to flow through corners.
The
steering, for instance,
feels very familiar - there's the same rate of response, pleasant weighting, and directness as you'd find in a Golf (albeit with even less feedback), and it generally rides well too, albeit firmly on the R - Line's 18 - inch wheels when driven over patchier surfaces.
«light, hyperactive
steering, which
felt unnatural and gave you
very little confidence in the front end of the car»: exactly what I
felt and writtn here before and main reason why I did not like the GTS that much.
The major weakness of early AMG GTs was the light, hyperactive
steering, which
felt unnatural and gave you
very little confidence in the front end of the car.
Steering feel is
very good and, even more unexpectedly, the interior materials and finish in our black test car seem generally appropriate for an expensive machine, much better than one might anticipate in a low - volume car.
As someone who's still a bit of a performance car novice, the R26.R makes it
very easy to look (and
feel) far handier, the highly communicative ride, precise
steering and trick diff inspiring real confidence.