The reduction in camber angles when
turning at speed results in improved steering feel, 23 percent less tire tilt, and increased lateral grip.
Not exact matches
The
result is immense
turn - in agility and a frankly astonishing economy of input required to blast across these wet, freezing roads
at breakneck
speed.
Tall SUVs typically are better with steering that's not so quick it becomes twitchy
at higher
speeds, and that usually
results in the need for minor steering corrections through long, sweeping
turns.
This produces an asymmetrical drive torque distribution that matches the dynamic wheel load distribution... This lets the driver apply much greater force to the accelerator pedal
at the apex of a bend, which in
turn results in significantly higher exit
speeds of the Golf GTI Performance out of bends.
At low
speed it all but eliminates
turn - in understeer and the GT is very nimble as a
result.
At speeds over 37 mph, the rear wheels can
turn up to 1.5 degrees to effectively «lengthen'the cars wheelbase,
resulting in greater dynamic stability.
Negotiating
turns at reasonable
speeds results in plenty of body roll and highlights the fact that the steering is very vague and slow.
The
result was a car about 100 pounds lighter than a similarly configured BMW 3 Series, Cadillac says, allowing the Cadillac to have slightly better horsepower - to - weight ratios, in
turn helping the
ATS to match or slightly improve on BMW's 0 - 60 mph acceleration times (despite the handicap of a six -
speed automatic transmission where BMW has an eight -
speed).
Turning the wheel too far to the left to tackle a sharp bend
at the wrong
speed would
result in you spinning out in the other direction.
At a weak signal strength of -120 dBm,
results showed the Qualcomm modem
turning in
speeds that were 67 percent faster than what the Intel modem could produce.