"Understeer" and "oversteer" and terms we hear and use a lot in the automotive community, and sometimes actually encounter behind the wheel. If you're not completely sure what these words really mean ...
Experienced drivers know that crazy numbers in horsepower and torque alone won't cut it. Sure, a beefy V8 muscle car like the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 can dominate the quarter-mile track like no ...
Jonathan loves just about anything with a motor and a steering wheel. As a kid, Jonathan collected any kind of toy car he could lay his hands on, and begged his parents to take him to the monster ...
More commonly associated with motorsport, both are not restricted to track driving, though, and will at some stage be experienced out in the word. According to MasterDrive CEO Eugene Herbert, the ...
Randy's newThe Racing Lineseries covers the in-and-outs of performance driving, with tips and tricks to extracting the most speed from your car on the track. On the debut episode, Randy focuses on ...
We sometimes use the terms "understeer" and "oversteer" here at Autoweek, mostly when talking about fast cars and their behavior on racetracks. Speed is often a factor in understeer and oversteer, but ...
Hello Trony, understeer and oversteer are terms used to describe the sensitivity of a vehicle to steering and how it affects the vehicle’s forward movement. Understeer is when a vehicle turns less ...
To start, it's important to state that Audis are not necessarily bad-handling cars. It's true, though, that they sport different handling characteristics compared to other premium German marques — ...