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Re: U-O-U and ESP



On that note, I was looking at the German brochure for the S4 and noticed a
nice little switch labeled "ESP" next to the fog lights (I think). That
ain't there in the US cars.

Is the US market being deprived of ESP? And - given Kacher's notes below -
is that A Good Thing?

- peter, peterhen@hotmail.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawson, Dave" <dlawson@ball.com>


> Has anyone else seen the S6 review by Georg Kacher in the
> latest Automobile magazine? In one of the last paragraphs
> when talking about "on the limit" handling, he mentioned that
> BMW M5 and Damlier/Chrysler C43 (could have been E55)
> have superior handling because what the car is set up to do,
> it does consistently. He mentioned that Audi needs to work
> through the quattro/ESP system and make the car handle
> consistently at the limit, pick a handling behaviour and have
> the car stick to it. He mentioned the current tendency of
> understeer-oversteer-ESP kicking in which makes driving
> at the limit challenging, as you never know what you will
> get next.
>
> Now back to my seat in the balcony ...
> -
> Dave Lawson