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...even under full throttle. Handling in the test Stratus was crisp, with just a bit of understeer evident in this front-drive car. The improved body rigidity was noticeable, and body lean was reduced. Note that this new coupe also has a front...
...more controlled ride than earlier Optimas. The power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering comfortably kept the front-drive car on track without the driver making a lot of adjustments of the wheel. There wasn't a lot of outside noise that...
...tank holds 11.9 gallons for a range of just over 300 miles. The Astra is front-wheel drive, with the usual front-drive-car understeer when it's driven aggressively in corners. But there was nothing unsettling about the test Astra's...
...has loads of sheer mechanical grip. Here's a note from the Department of Handling: Grip is more important to a front-drive car than a rear-drive car because it tends to neutralize a front-driver's forward weight bias, so that understeer...
...reasonably quick - but the extra weight doesn't help it in corners, and there is the inevitable tendency of a front-drive car to overwhelm the tires and understeer. I look forward to trying the all-wheel-drive model. To say the LaCrosse...
...the way the computers talk to the engine. (This gets a bit geeky, so bear with me.) The eternal struggle with front-drive cars is torque steer, which is the transient effect on steering of dumping a lot of torque into the front wheels, which...
...the upgrading of the base SL and SL1 tires. They're still 14-inchers, but wider for better handling in this front-drive car. Overall, the SL1 rode in a mainstream fashion. Steering felt numb, however, and the car's 37.1-foot turning...
...But in traffic on city streets, it meant I could feel my body jiggling over pavement bumps. Note that the CL is a front-drive car, while the BMW 3-Series and Mercedes C-Class are rear drivers. This is a key reason Acura added the helical...
...curves well. My only complaint was occasional torque steer - that jerking of the front wheels to one side when the front-drive car got more power to the wheels than it could evidently handle. Both Matrix four-cylinder engines are more powerful...