road holding
Cornering grip quality
Road holding is a vehicle's ability to maintain grip and stability on the road surface, especially when cornering, braking, or driving at speed.
Good road holding means the car stays planted and predictable rather than sliding or losing traction: The sports car's road holding was impressive on those mountain curves.
The term appears mainly in automotive journalism and reviews.
- gripSecure manual hold
- tractionAdhesive friction enabling movement
- handlingTreatment or management
- corneringForcing into position
- stabilityResistance to displacement
suspension · steering · adhesion · balance · weight transfer · tyres · four wheel drive · chassis · feedback · planted · responsive · agile · nimble · surefooted · lateral · turn-in · sway · dampening
road holdingloss of control
Inability to direct outcomes
instability · sliding · skidding · fishtailing · spinout
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