Much like a mechanical limited-slip differential, torque vectoring subtly pulses the brake of the inside front wheel in a corner, directing more torque to the outside wheel, actually helping bend the car into a corner.

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And you only have to look under the hood or crawl beneath the car to see a technological nightmare: A low-compression flathead V-8, cloth wrapped wires, a crude carburetor, leaf springs and no shocks, big mechanical brakes that were about as useful as an anchor, and a differential the size of a melon, to appreciate that this car was a polluting, rattling, death trap.

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