Sentences with phrase «tendency to understeer»

While still somewhat hefty — the coupe tester weighed in at 1,733 kilograms (the convertible tips the scales at 1,800 kg)-- the 2011 iteration feels more nimble, with less tendency to understeer when turning hard into a corner.

There's no denying the laws of physics and, in spite of the use of carbon fibre in the body, this is still a big, heavy car that'll lean a touch through corners and with a natural tendency to understeer in tighter bends.

The difference in all conditions was most evident in the Mini — the car's tendency to understeer allowed for a much greater difference to be felt among competitors.

«We feel as though the car's tendency to understeer happens too soon, and that's only a feature of the mapping of the transfer box in the transmission,» he says.

The electronically - controlled centre differential and Subaru's torque vectoring system will essentially do the rest — though we say that adding that it may be caught off guard by a sudden tug at the wheel, say in a very sharp switchback, which will induce a progressive tendency to understeer.

What's most impressive is that much of the outgoing model's tendency to understeer when pitched into corners at speed has been exorcised.

Since no opposite force is present to spin the car around its vertical axis (i.e. no rear wheel traction) the car has a natural tendency to understeer.

New components have been used to improve ride quality, but the chassis dynamics have been refined to reduce the car's tendency to understeer.

There's much more torque available from its 2.0 - liter turbocharged engine, and a tendency to understeer forces patience in slow corners.

It proactively provides the perfect use of locking action between 0 and 100 percent, neutralising even the finest differences in torque between the rear wheels — without the tendency to understeer.

The addition of a stiffer front bar can positively affect turn - in feel, but ultimately worsens the platform's tendency to understeer.

Its tendency to understeer was more pronounced in the dry handling test, with the front tyres overwhelmed far earlier than the rears.

The car has a tendency to understeer when entering the corner, a neutral behavior in mid-corner and an oversteering tendency when exiting the corner.

The car has a tendency to understeer when entering the corner and oversteer when exiting.

This function improves the traction of the wheels and reduces the tendency to understeer in fast cornering.

Despite its tendency to understeer at the limit, «predictable» is a good way to describe the car, because even at silly speeds the vehicle never feels flustered.

I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm just a hair terrified of this corner, thanks to my tendency to understeer through it after carrying too much speed off of the Corkscrew and then snap oversteer trying to correct.

Despite the claims made by Lexus for the RC F, it has a tendency to understeer and it isn't as nimble changing direction as the BMW M4 that sets the benchmark in this market segment.

While fast Audis tend to grip well and perform very well in a straight line, thanks to the Quattro drivetrain and transverse engine layout, their on the limit cornering prowess tends to be marred by a tendency to understeer.

Plug - in hybrid drivelines typically involve the addition of an electrified element to the rear axle, which adds weight and can increase the vehicle's tendency to understeer.

An extended electronic differential lock (XDL) reduces the tendency to understeer and improves handling especially in quick driving through curves.

The XDL improves traction and reduces the tendency to understeer.

This allows the driver to corner more tightly while reducing any tendency to understeer.

Despite the S Sport package fitted to my test car — which includes sport adaptive dampers and a sport rear differential — I still noticed a tendency to understeer some in hot corners, but that safety - first orientation is appropriate for a street car, especially in a model that isn't branded RS.

I didn't push it too hard on my one night, but I still would expect it to exhibit a tendency to understeer the way most AWD vehicles do.

Plus, the Active M Differential also counteracts — to great effect — a loss of traction during double lane changes at high speed and a tendency to understeer under sudden load alterations during dynamic cornering.

The effect is taut, sporty handling: The car leans less in bends and the tendency to understeer is further reduced.

In a bid to dial out the standard car's tendency to understeer, they've also softened the front anti-roll bar.

Put simply, where the standard RS uses its torque vectoring rear axle to push the car through its natural tendency to understeer, the new differential puts greater emphasis on the front axle.

The effect is taut, sporty handling — the car leans less in bends and the tendency to understeer is further reduced.

An electronic transverse differential lock (XDL) reduces the tendency to understeer and improves handling especially in quick driving through curves.

An electronic transverse differential lock (XDS) reduces the tendency to understeer and improves handling especially in quick driving through curves.

Where most front - drive Acura vehicles have the tendency to understeer through slow - to medium - speed corners, the RLX drivetrain mule offered plenty of control.

The Cooper S models are also fitted with Performance Control, a system that counters any tendency to understeer prior to reaching the threshold level.

There were a couple of drawbacks we noticed using the VR technology however, for one we felt the car had a tendency to understeer and the resolution particularly at a distance was a little on the low side.