Its light steering helps you when parking, but doesn't provide enough feel on
twistier routes.
There's adjustability in the handling, though, with the four - wheel - drive system sending enough torque to the rear axle to subtly alter your line — it never gets anywhere near wayward, but there's enough movement to warrant seeking out
the twistier routes home.
Dashes to the shops for milk and crisps nearly always turn into maximum attacks on the long,
twisty route back.
And you can be sure I'll be taking
the twistiest route I can find.
Not exact matches
The only time we felt the limit of the suspension in the
twisty stuff was in the six - cylinder car while attacking the
route at higher speeds.
Make no mistake, with so little weight to keep in check and such compact dimensions, the Swift Sport still feels agile and wieldy, especially down some of the tighter and
twistier roads of our Spanish test
route, but some of the old car's sparkle is missing.
I was already thinking about the next day, when I'd tackle the
twisties along
route 22 toward Michigan's popular Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Once we arrived at the
twisty portion of our drive
route, we punched things into sport - plus to firm up the suspension and steering and quicken throttle response.
On the drive, the Hybrid Auto mode proved to be so proficient it was the setting of choice for just about the entire
route, except some lovely
twisty bits on the coast road outside Cape Town.
The drive
route had the assembled journalists drive across a variety of surfaces including bumpy asphalt, gravel and
twisty mountain roads.
Unfortunately, our drive
route was primarily through suburban areas, and so I didn't get a chance to really open up the car (the next group of writers to arrive got the Sea - to - Sky Highway, dammit), but on the few
twisties I was able to find, the 3 displayed the tossable nature that it's always had.
Even in its raciest, 306hp guise (there is a 477hp RC - F variant, but that's leagues ahead of the regular car in terms of pace and price), the RC is far more suited to the open road than it is on a
twisty back
route.
That didn't prove a detriment on a drive
route that took us along the secondary highways west of Quebec City,
twisty, hilly byways that proved a good showcase for the Yaris» well - sorted chassis.
Sadly, none of the test cars present have the stickier rubber, but the all - season Goodyears are fine to get the Fusion Sport confidently through all the
twisties on the drive
route.
We had some
twisties on our test drive
route and never did the car feel out of breath or out of depth negotiating them.