09-30-2013, 08:15 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
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Originally Posted by tbomachines
As I said in a previous thread about this, torque steer is only one plague of fwd, one which is largely eliminated these days (my gti had very little). Under steer and acceleration are two other, more important (IMHO) hurdles.
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And again, Google will be your friend. 
Push the CLA hard into a corner and it responds willingly, but steering with the drive wheels eventually reaches a limit that results in mild understeer. We also sampled the 4Matic all-wheel-drive CLA, which sends power to the rear wheels as needed, and found it more eager to jump out of hairpins and more stable though high-speed corners. The seven-speed dual-clutch automatic defaults to an efficiency mode when the car is turned on, and it has a preference for high gears and is reluctant to downshift. It's not a problem during normal driving, but on adrenaline-inducing roads it's necessary to switch to sport mode or shift using the steering wheel paddles.
Hardly a beast to drive.
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