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A handling characteristic of an automotive vehicle that causes it to turn less sharply than the driver intends because the front wheels slide to the outside of the turn before the rear wheels lose traction.

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  • One is called understeer, one is called oversteer.
  • Sure ... everything reacts just as you'd expect from a mid-size crossover, which is to say understeer, understeer and more understeer.
  • The 135i displayed more understeer than we expected.
  • That'll do away with any nasty understeer (more later).
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