The electric power steering system has more weight, while the adaptive dampers
soak up bumps well.
Each front corner can
soak up bumps without upsetting the entire vehicle, allowing for higher speeds though sand and over rough roads.
It's also very planted around corners and still manages to
soak up bumps on bad roads as well.
The suspension
soaks up bumps in the road very well, but it still controls the car's body movements sufficiently when cornering.
The quadralink suspension
soaks up the bumps while delivering a ride that is a mixture of what you'd get in a sporty sedan and a rugged truck.
The tuned coils and Bilstein
shocks soak up bumps on fire trails and desert gravel roads like a fat guy with a bowl of gravy and a biscuit.
The bike offers extremely smooth ride, with the
bike soaking up bumps and going over potholes that never loses composure.
The
dampers soak up bumps with immense poise and, along with the well - insulated chassis, almost completely smoothes out small imperfections in the road such as cracks and unfinished pavement.
The optional air suspension
soaks up bumps nicely, particularly at high speeds, but is a bit bouncy on broken surfaces at lower velocity.
The Chevy Colorado ZR2 Concept gets much of its off - road prowess from King coil - over remote reservoir shocks which
help soak up the bumps off - road while allowing it to flex over rocky trails.
Ride quality is one of the Qashqai's biggest assets: this car is remarkably comfortable,
soaking up bumps like few other similar crossovers can.
The
system soaks up bumps without feeling like a boat adrift, yet it's still very lively when you start tossing the car around.
Bottom line: it's not quite up there with the best luxury class contenders in terms of build, materials and simply exuding luxury, but it feels very well engineered, offers a rewarding and sporty drive which is surprising (in a positive way) given its ability to
also soak up bumps (with the regular non-sport suspension).
American cars suit American roads — their softer suspensions and
seating soak up the bumps and irregularities of badly surfaced desert roads.
Now I'm just a dude driving a car, noticing how the adaptive air suspension
soaks up bumps quite nicely in straight lines, even bouncing a bit like a Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham d'Elegance circa 1984.
As we pushed its tires off the pavement and onto Moab's gravel roads, the
Metris soaked up bumps well, keeping the Tetris game I played with my personal belongings from falling apart as we made our way to Moab Under Canvas.
I could write monographs on the sublimity of the long - wheelbase Peugeot's ability to
soak up bumps along the way.
What's more, the
VXR soaks up bumps and broken tarmac in a way that you simply wouldn't credit given our test car's huge 20in wheels and 35 - profile rubber.
There's not much body roll when it comes to cornering (which one has to do sometimes) and the suspension and the long wheelbase are very adept at
soaking up bumps even when the truck's bed is completely empty.
Over uneven pavement at highway speeds, the Elantra's front suspension
soaks up bumps surprisingly well, but we were able to feel the rear end rolling over when the road got curvy.
There's a truckish nature to the ride that's unavoidable, but the
SUV soaked up bumps better than expected and was less upset when those bumps happened mid-corner.
The suspension and tire package handled dirt roads with grace at reasonably high speeds,
soaking up bumps rather than skipping over all but the most severe potholes.
On the road the Sierra 1500
Denali soaks up bumps with ease thanks in large part to its magnetic ride control suspension.
Nevertheless, it is extremely comfortable, with cosseting air suspension — standard on high - spec models —
capably soaking up the bumps; and the lack of noise intrusion into the cabin is very impressive too.
The
car soaks up bumps and lumps when cruising, keeping occupants cossetted in a luxury bubble, but also doesn't upset the car when it hits bumps mid-corner.
Settling onto suspension, the
G37 soaks up bumps and expansion joints without losing its composure, transferring a minimal amount of harshness into the cabin.
It's not unbearably uncomfortable, either, striking a good balance
between soaking up bumps and minimising body lean in corners.
Nevertheless, we can say the new S - 10's ride is good and the longer
wheelbase soaks up bumps and expansion joints well.
The standard multi-link, double - pivot MacPherson front strut suspension and five - link independent rear system — a first for Cadillac —
effectively soak up bumps and other road surface imperfections, yet hold the ATS firmly upright while cornering.