sracer is correct that the coupe does understeer at the limit - most people don't really see the limit on the street (at least I hope you don't!) You may have the coupe shake its' tailfeathers on some turns or on if you floor it coming out of a tollbooth - but that's not the 'limit.'

I have reached the actual limit on the coupe - racing AutoX. The coupe plows heavily on sweeper turns - it does not fishtail. ('Plow' means understeer.)

The coupe and most other new performance coupes and sedans are dialed in to provide understeer at the limit. The reason for this is that understeer has only one remedy (outside of not having it happen in the first place) and that is to ease (and I mean EASE) off the throttle.

Oversteer can be dealt with by several methods - countersteering is the most popular.

So it makes sense for a manufacturer to have their cars understeer at the limit - it makes for a generally better outcome for a loss of control (assuming the average driver.)

- Riff

 

LOL at "the M3 is simply a tuned 3 series"

hardly.

dont let thw bmw guys hear that.

 

What scares me is that a Ford Focus is on the same list as the G35!

04 G35C/IvoryPearl/5AT/Premium