Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To turn less sharply than the operator would expect. Used of vehicles, especially automobiles.
- noun The tendency of a vehicle to understeer.
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- noun The
condition in which the front wheels of a car don't follow the desiredcurve whilecornering , instead following a more straight line trajectory. The front wheels loosing a degree oftraction and so slipping off the required line. - verb The action of a car when it does not follow the desired
curve whilecornering . Tyreslip of the front wheels.
Etymologies
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Examples
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One is called understeer, one is called oversteer.
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One is called understeer, one is called oversteer.
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One is called understeer, one is called oversteer.
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In corners the main trait is push-on understeer, which is right and proper for a car such as this, and although there's a degree of adjustment allowed in the chassis if you lift off the throttle, Renault's Twingo and Ford's Ka are better driver's propositions.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Andrew English 2011
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Sure ... everything reacts just as you'd expect from a mid-size crossover, which is to say understeer, understeer and more understeer.
Autoblog 2009
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While some racing drivers prefer their cars to handle with a trace of "understeer" the tendency for the front wheels to slip when turning into a bend, making the car reluctant to enter a corner as precisely as the driver would like
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While some racing drivers prefer their cars to handle with a trace of "understeer" the tendency for the front wheels to slip when turning into a bend, making the car reluctant to enter a corner as precisely as the driver would like
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Teammate Rosberg said both drivers were struggling with understeer, but came with equal cars.
F1 leader Jenson Button ready for title defense at Spanish Grand Prix 2010
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Hyundai The car exhibits reasonable body and pitch control, but nonetheless feels large in corners and increasingly unhappy as the g-forces increase, tending toward a pretty insistent understeer, despite its 19-inch sport tires.
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The car exhibits reasonable body and pitch control — the adaptive air suspension with continuous damping helps — but the Equus nonetheless feels large in corners and increasingly unhappy as the g-forces increase, tending toward a pretty insistent understeer, despite its 19-inch sport tires.
Hyundai's Ur-Luxury Horse of a Different Dolor Dan Neil 2011
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