The balance of the car is quite good, but it gathers up a lot of body roll in corners.
Pronounced body roll, combined with that old guy driving position, kept me from pushing too hard through the curves.
Body roll is kept well under control and there's a phenomenal amount of grip from the 21-inch summer tires.
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The Mercedes-Benz S-Class has a computer-driven suspension system that reduces body roll as the vehicle whips around a corner.
The initial turn-in is crisp and the chassis settles into a nice cornering stance, with a pleasant lack of body roll.
Body roll is noticeable but not bothersome.
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MB's Active Body Control suspension system is standard on the SL550, and the degree to which ABC negates body pitch, roll and squat is almost eerie.
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And this month fresh measures were introduced with the widespread roll-out of full-body scanners.
Ford designers Patrick Schiavone and Craig Metros already fantasize about "a Rolls-Royce (otc: RYCEY - news - people ) of pickups" with an all-aluminum body and the ability to kneel at curbs and roll, half-submerged, through water.
The Demon system's success in controlling roll, one of the three axes of movement of a body in free space, is also leading engineers to wonder if the other two axes, pitch and yaw, might similarly be transferred to fluidic systems from, respectively, the elevator flaps on the tailplane and the rudder on the tail.
Roll not only followed through on his promise to himself and his family, he transformed his body and his life.
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