Sentences with phrase «switchback corners»

The track's sprawling layout provided nice mix of elevation change, sweepers, and switchback corners that let us experience the Mustang's brakes, acceleration and grip level.

Not exact matches

The switchback move is always an option for a driver positioned on the outside line on the run - up to a corner, but it's a tricky one to complete successfully.

And yet as we corner through the switchbacks down the hill after reaching Big Bear Lake at 6,752 feet, we realize that we have no complaints.

Along the way, the owner of the LaFerrari Aperta decided he'd become Ken Block and rip the open - top hypercar up the switchback roads, drifting from corner to corner thanks to the LaFerrari Aperta's 963 horsepower hybrid V - 12.

Before long, we find the corners of the car and are tearing up mountain roads, braking hard into switchbacks, and steering the V60 between the tall stone curbs that line the roads and might, just might, keep us from tumbling into a ravine if we get it all wrong.

Sport mode was deemed necessary for a good portion of the route, not to blitz the undulating tarmac, but to give the 1,932 - kilogram 35i some extra oomph when digging itself out of tight corners and switchbacks.

During spirited driving, it felt downright alive, wriggling and bucking as it slalomed through hairpin corners and switchbacks.

It was the perfect testing ground for both enjoying a little top - down driving and thrashing the car around tight corners and switchbacks.

Your first inclination when driving a crossover might not be to carve up the nearest switchback, but given the Juke's already segment - straddling aptitude for cornering, the NISMO - provided suspension upgrades — composed of stiffer springs and shocks, and retuned electric power steering — allow for flatter cornering and higher limits on the standard - issue summer rubber.

On the first quick lap, the Stelvio Quadrifoglio felt heavy and soft through the fast, snaking, half - dozen switchbacks that follow that first corner.

The sport tuned suspension also does a good job of providing a firm but comfortable ride on even the roughest road surfaces, and keeps the car composed through undulating roads and corners with quick switchbacks.

With DTC switched off, furthermore, an Electronic Differential Lock Control system (also fitted as standard) is activated for the drive axle, supporting more dynamic driving when accelerating out of corners or switchbacks, for example.

It is full of easy switchbacks to keep the grade bikeable for the young ones, and give them plenty of practice cornering.