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The new minivan has both the lightest and stiffest chassis in its class, Chrysler said at the Pacifica's January 11 unveiling in Detroit, with proportions that allow for a greater interior volume than any other minivan.

Not exact matches

Race suspension also supplies adjust - ability no vehicle is perfectly stiff there will always be some flex in the body and tyres but adjustable suspension allows the mechanical behaviors of the chassis to be adjusted very precisely.

Built on Audi's lightweight aluminium space frame, the R8 Spyder V10 Plus benefits from the construction techniques used in the regular R8 Spyder, which means a combination of aluminium and carbonfibre at its core and the stiffest possible chassis.

The chassis is just brilliant, a bit stiff in bad tarmac, but in Spain we have better B roads than UK.

It can be a little bit of a handful in the wet with that chassis at times feeling too stiff and nervous but on the right day on the right road this peppy little hatch really has no peers.

There is a fair amount of roll and the chassis doesn't feel unbearably stiff — over the big kerbs it's wonderfully pliant, in fact — but body control is good when the corners come thick and fast and the car isn't unsettled by bumps.

The chassis has been tweaked with slightly softer springs and dampers all round and a stiffer rear torsion beam and front anti-roll bar - both by 33 per cent - in an effort to improve both ride quality and handling precision.

The chassis is a bit stiffer, the suspension a bit different The chassis receives thicker brackets behind the strut towers, a thicker transmission cross-member plate, and added reinforcements in the rear wheelhouses.

Improvements were also made in the chassis department, where the front springs are now 22 percent stiffer and the rears have been firmed up by 37 percent.

You'll want to leave the chassis and suspension as soft as possible to offset the gigantic Alpina wheels and stiff Michelin Pilot Sport tires bouncing off of road imperfections, but putting the drive selector in Comfort + mode achieves the same effect as giving a tiger NyQuil.

I got a taste of this first - hand, living a few minutes of the life of a chassis validation engineer as application driving dynamics engineer Sebastian Spirk sat in the passenger seat, tweaking the active damping profiles from full soft to full stiff and many shades between, quizzing me about feel and handling as he went.

Though the relaxed kinematics allow for more pitch and heave (we bottomed out on road ripples twice during spirited romps down the Mt. Teide Volcano, elevation 7,840 feet), the new settings don't dramatically reduce the feeling of connectedness with the road — thanks in part to the stiff carbon Monocell II chassis and the lightly softened suspension.

The stiffer dampers also bring an adjustability to the chassis that isn't exploitable in Comfort.

Some of that astonishing grip comes from the lightly treaded A048 Yokohama tyres, but the stiff yet supple chassis set - up optimises them, working the rubber into the tarmac so fully you'd expect it to last no more than a few hundred miles (where in fact you should see around 9000 from a set of Yokos).

As we discovered with our road test in issue 134, as well as being faster than it has any right to be, the California is also the owner of a talented chassis and an extremely stiff body structure that doesn't flex, shimmy or shake.

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.

The chassis weighs in at 180 kg and is incredibly stiff.

Principle Changes From The Factory Included Upgraded Chassis, Suspension & Brakes, Which In Turn Reduced The Ride Height By 5 mm With Stronger And Stiffer Springs, Increased Front Break Disc «s To 378 mm Diameter, Better Geared Steering Increased By 20 % From The Original Vanquish, Nine Spoke Lightweight Aston Martin Magnesium Alloy Wheels And Further Special Interior Enhancements.

The Civic is 25 per cent stiffer and about 30 kilograms lighter than the outgoing model, thanks to more high - strength steel used in the chassis.

The car's body feels rock - solid, stiff in the chassis but capable of riding smoothly and comfortably on its springs.

And, mission accomplished, there is precious little understeer to be found in the Z / 28 chassis, roll well is mitigated thanks to the stiffer suspension and the balance of front to rear grip is almost perfect.

For example, a stiff chassis setting can be combined with comfortable responses to unevenness in the road surface.

The Pilot's sharp handling, stiff structure with plenty of high - strength steel and athletic chassis with fully independent suspension aim to keep you out of trouble in the first place.

Honda Japan followed suit in 2000, «took the Accord Type R and developed the Accord Euro - R (hence the «Euro «pean tag)» which has a double wishbone front and 5 - link rear suspension system, stiffer suspension and chassis, Helical limited - slip - differential, twin - piston brakes, dual twin silencer exhaust system, 16 - inch alloy wheels, A exclusive «red - top» engine cover, white badged Euro - R meters, a strut tower bar, an exclusive Euro - R aluminium shift knob, high - intensity discharge (HID) headlights, fog lights, body coloured retractable electric door mirrors, power windows, key less entry, air conditioning, driver and passenger SRS air bags, and ABS.Recaro seats and a leather - trimmed Momo steering wheel.

Also as usual you can have the Cup chassis on your non-Cup, the # 1350 it costs bringing you a GKN torque - biasing differential (maximum torque - difference ratio 2.3 to one) as well as the firmer suspension with 35 per cent stiffer front springs, 38 per cent stiffer rear ones and an overall 15 per cent rise in roll stiffness.

Other exclusive chassis features include sports suspension with spring rates, bushings and antiroll bars — all of which are stiffer than those found in Focus ST, and two - mode switchable dampers, which offer a firmer setting for track driving.

Smaller dimensions combined with increased use of high - strength steel and more structural adhesives has yielded a chassis that's notably stiffer, a development that contributes to everything from better steering feel and cornering stability to an utter lack of squeaks and rattles, even in the preproduction testers I sampled.

The 2007 - 2008 Nissan 350Z NISMO gets back to basics in the sense that it adds sporty trappings like a more robust suspension system, a stiffer chassis (featuring special seam welds), and an aerodynamic body kit in place of the luxury items that dominated the upper levels of the 350Z's options list of the day.

At the other end of the spectrum, Lexus promises the UX's best - in - class low centre of gravity and stiff chassis will provide an engaging drive (something the Camry has delivered), and its optional F - Sport package will dial up the sporting levels with a tuned suspension and an available adaptive damping system to go along with a sporty body kit and interior treatment.

Mounted to that stiffer chassis is a new, optimized five - link rear suspension and an optimized MacPherson strut setup in front.

And it is stuffed into a much stiffer chassis than anything that ever rolled out of a Ford factory in 1966.

Johnson didn't say if that model will benefit from a power increase over the 420 hp in the rear - wheel drive V8 Genesis, but Hyundai promises that the new chassis is much stiffer than before.

-- A solid body structure as stiff as any in the global midsize sedan market, allowing for precise tuning and dynamic vehicle control — A premium steering gear that ensures smooth, precise responsiveness and on - center feel — Proven and continuously refined MacPherson strut front and mutli - link rear suspensions — Large, ventilated front disc and solid rear disc brakes, clamped on by dual - piston front and single - piston rear aluminum calipers, which are expected to deliver best - in - class stopping distance — An isolated engine cradle for tuned, refined feedback, without noise or vibration — Fuel - saving electric power rack - and - pinion variable - effort power steering, resulting in effortless low - speed maneuvers and a higher degree of steering feel at higher speeds — Chassis control technologies include four - channel anti-lock brakes, full - function traction control, four - corner electronic stability control, electronic brake force distribution, brake assist system, corner brake control, hydraulic brake fade assist and drag torque control.

The chassis has also been uprated compared with the Boxster's, and includes stiffer springs and dampers, bigger anti-roll bars, 10 per cent quicker steering and — with the Sport chassis option specified for an additional # 1,133, as on our test car — a visually pleasing 20 mm drop in ride height.

The body is composed in corners, the chassis is taut though not overly stiff, and this car handles nicely through curves.

The chassis is more than up to the task, though; you can feel a little more weight over the nose but in general the combination of the stiffer suspension, reduced ride height and the XDS electronic differential system — which brakes individual wheels in corners — means the GTD is quick to respond to inputs in the twisty stuff.

The Sonic benefits from an incredibly stiff steel chassis, with MacPherson struts up front and a torsion - beam axle in the rear.

That stiff chassis boosts the MINI's composure and allows the JCW to sit flat in corners, giving it an agility which screams hot - hatch.

Switch the adaptive suspension from Comfort to Sport mode and the stiff chassis reined - in further, but whichever setting you choose you can't get away from the fact that cutting the roof off has made the big drop a little less composed.

The use of high - strength steel also resulted in a lighter chassis (76 pounds) with stronger suspension mounting points (28 percent stiffer in front, 35 percent stiffer in back).

By making these automatic adjustments, Adaptive Chassis Control significantly increases comfort in driving situations whose dynamics are less challenging, resolving the conflict in goals between a stiff sporty tuning and a comfortable one.

The rigid chassis design is complemented with a pairing of stiff springs and MacPherson struts on the front suspension and a durable torsion beam suspension in the rear.

The attraction of the MS3 is pretty straightforward: 250 - hp from a 2.3 L direct - inject turbo four - cylinder, the same six - speed standard shift used in the MazdaSpeed6 and a universally praised chassis that's both stiff and light.

While MultiSense alters throttle mapping, steering input, engine response and gearbox shift patterns it doesn't include adaptive dampers, but that's not such a bad thing as the Renault Sport suspension and chassis setup is more than adequate in Sport mode, and it certainly doesn't need to be any stiffer.

Sure, there are convertibles like the Audi A4 cabriolet, Mercedes - Benz CLK and Volvo C70, but none of them put together 300 hp, a retractable hardtop and a stiff, driver - oriented chassis all in one package like the BMW.

There is a bit of body roll in the turns thanks to the higher center of gravity of the ride height, but the new stiffer chassis keeps things planted and composed.

The upgraded chassis features a set of progressive front and rear springs that are 30 - and 10 - percent stiffer respectively; incorporating an anti-roll system that contributes to a 5 - percent overall reduction in body roll.

A stiff chassis means a stronger platform for towing and the Silverado's fully boxed frame delivers strength in spades.

In the S5, with its standard quattro all - wheel drive splitting torque 40/60 front / rear, the already neutral handling feels even sharper, its stiffer springs eating up corners while additional cross-bracing lends an amazing rigidity to the chassis.

The 2016 ELR's steering and suspension upgrades include: Revised calibration of the HiPer Strut front suspension Increased front spring rates and a stiffer rear axle Stiffer bushings for the front lower control arms, cradle mounts and Watts link in the rear suspension, for more precise control with no loss of ride quality Revised calibrations for the Continuous Damping Control system Front Damper Rebound Spring added New steering calibration tuned to complement the revised chassis and suspension systems Revised brake hardware and system calibration for improved applicatiostiffer rear axle Stiffer bushings for the front lower control arms, cradle mounts and Watts link in the rear suspension, for more precise control with no loss of ride quality Revised calibrations for the Continuous Damping Control system Front Damper Rebound Spring added New steering calibration tuned to complement the revised chassis and suspension systems Revised brake hardware and system calibration for improved applicatioStiffer bushings for the front lower control arms, cradle mounts and Watts link in the rear suspension, for more precise control with no loss of ride quality Revised calibrations for the Continuous Damping Control system Front Damper Rebound Spring added New steering calibration tuned to complement the revised chassis and suspension systems Revised brake hardware and system calibration for improved application feel.