Winter testing helps engineers make cars that are not only more reliable, but that will also better help you handle slippery roads.
chief test driver Raffaele de Simone, heading back to Italy after a week with Maranello's head of vehicle dynamics, Stefano Varisco, and his team. No, he wouldn't say what he was working on, either.As I write this, it's bright and sunny and a crisp 8 degrees, shirtsleeves weather for the Green Bay Packers. This time I'm in Arjeplog with Christoph Böhm, head ofBrake Control Systems, and some of his engineers.
Even though they were fitted with regular winter tires rather than the studded rubber the locals all use, the electric Benzes tracked straight and true, even when transitioning from snow to sheet ice under braking. It was possible to hold the accelerator almost to the floor, and the cars would arc gracefully around the giant snow-covered circle track, faithfully maintaining the intended direction of travel at 60 mph.
The stability control could be switched off, allowing the cars to get more sideways, especially the rear-drive, single-motor EQE, but even then, the electronic brain kept watch, gently modulating the motors' instant-on torque to prevent the driven wheels from spinning up the moment I touched the accelerator.
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