Torque vectoring is permanently active and allows for selective distribution of forces for each individual wheel.
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According to the AMG developers, "torque vectoring" involves the individual control of the electric motors, something which enables completely new levels of freedom to be achieved.
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Both cars can be equipped with optional torque vectoring, a brake-based system built to augment the mechanically locking rear differential and help put power to the ground.
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Combined with the Titanium's optional 18-inch summer rubber and leaner sport suspension, the torque vectoring turns a fairly good front-driver into a fervid and stubborn little gymkhana car.
At low speeds, torque vectoring can be used on the Porsche to assist with steering by powering the rear wheels at different rates to create a turning action.
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Torque vectoring enables optimum use of the adhesion potential between the tyres and the road surface in all driving conditions, thereby extending the critical limits of the vehicle's driving dynamics.
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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.
The string-back glove set will appreciate the torque-vectoring system built into the front axle.
The M5's reinforced active locking and torque-vectoring rear differential (the Active M-Differential) brilliantly adjudicates traction between the rear wheels.
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But I see now, as I'm accelerating out of a shallow banked turn around 120 mph and I feel the torque-vectoring differential sorting itself out, that I've misjudged the car.
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