Sentences with phrase «with less understeer»

In hard cornering or acceleration we can feel the car settle down under the grip of the AWD; then the Juke corners nimbly and with less understeer than expected.

The Spec C's turn - in is sharper with less understeer, and yet it retains an excellent ride, certainly being more comforable than previous Spec Cs.

Not exact matches

Driving two 5 - series - one equipped with Active Steering and one without - back - to - back on an autocross course, we found the car equipped with Active Steering allowed us to hustle through much more quickly and with far less understeer than the car with BMW's conventional, but still excellent, rack - and - pinion setup.

It's the chassis revisions and the Cup 2 rubber that really make the CS though and the greatest benefit is to the steering which feels more direct and makes the M3 turn in with greater precision and less understeer that before.

Even with a far, far less talented driver behind the wheel, the FR - S dives into corners with enthusiasm and a minimum of understeer.

Means, you could take a old A4 with these features and the car still has less understeer then the BMW 3series rearwheel with sportsuspension and tyres.

Uh, suffice it to say that the HGTE provides better body control and more lateral grip with far less understeer.

The extra rubber on the front axle adds a little weight to the steering and as you start pushing harder there's significant additional bite from the front wheels with much less of a tendency for the front end to wash wide and understeer.

So we grab a coffee while a new set of pads is fitted, along with a pair of the optional 20in rims for the front to see if they give less understeer through the Palmer Curves.

It turns in more keenly and with less initial understeer, its responses feel cleaner and more alert and the electro - mechanical steering, while just as short of genuine feel, is pleasingly a little lighter and crisper.

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.

This means that through a fast corner the car is able to display more «neutral» handling - with less oversteer or understeer.

Upon corner entry, Agile Handling Assist works well to help rotate the car with less steering input, mitigating understeer.

Ford says the limited - edition XR6 Sprint (just 550 examples are to roll out of the company's Campbellfield plant) was engineered to be sportier than the regular XR6 Turbo in terms of ride quality with improved balance, sharper steering responses involving less understeer, increased grip and better stopping via a Brembo brake package — all helped along with asymmetric (245/35 R19 front and 265/35 R19 rear) Pirelli P Zero tyres.

There's much less noticeable understeer — which has plagued previous quattro vehicles — but also the sedan is nigh impossible to oversteer, even with its rear - biased power split and sport differential.

The tendency of the earlier R8 to understeer prematurely on less than smooth surfaces has apparently also been seen to with an incremental increase in wheel travel and bushings up front, introducing what the Audi R&D boss describes as enhanced on - the - limit compression and rebound qualities.

Bottom line, the 350 RWD turns in more keenly and understeers less than either the AWD or the RC F, while achieving grip levels much closer to those of the full - on F. Of course the 350 isn't as straight - line swift as the F (Lexus claims 0 -60-mph (0 -97-km / h) times of 5.8 and 4.4 seconds respectively) but the sixer makes all the right noises with impeccable smoothness.

We did, however, find the manual model less «nosey» than the automatic, that extra 20 kg seeming to hang in front of the axle, causing additional understeer on corners that the manual had flicked though with barely a squeal.

The extra weight was also quite noticeable on turn - in, with less response and more understeer.

With the front axle pushed forward (the front console is extremely short) and with the new front four - link layout, the E 220 d slightly understeers, much less than an Audi A 6, for examWith the front axle pushed forward (the front console is extremely short) and with the new front four - link layout, the E 220 d slightly understeers, much less than an Audi A 6, for examwith the new front four - link layout, the E 220 d slightly understeers, much less than an Audi A 6, for example.

With the diff preventing the front inside wheel from spinning up, there was less ESC intervention, reduced power understeer and a smoother, faster rotation into the corner as the torque vectoring rear axle came into play.