"Understeer" and "oversteer" and terms we hear and use a lot in the automotive community, and sometimes actually encounter behind the wheel. If you're not completely sure what these words really mean ...

Experienced drivers know that crazy numbers in horsepower and torque alone won't cut it. Sure, a beefy V8 muscle car like the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 can dominate the quarter-mile track like no ...

We sometimes use the terms "understeer" and "oversteer" here at Autoweek, mostly when talking about fast cars and their behavior on racetracks. Speed is often a factor in understeer and oversteer, but ...

There are times when your car starts "talking" to you. It usually happens when your car is approaching its limits. This phenomenon is called neutral steer or over- and understeer. Under- and oversteer ...

Just when we thought we had armed ourselves with knowledge and practice against that deceiving snap oversteer, the generous world wide web comes to inform us that we could also experience... snap ...

Jonathan loves just about anything with a motor and a steering wheel. As a kid, Jonathan collected any kind of toy car he could lay his hands on, and begged his parents to take him to the monster ...

Understeer is the killer of all fun. Unlike oversteer which is generally quite fun even if unintentional and unexpected, its evil sibling does nothing but suck the fun out of driving. With the right ...

Understeer is one of the most frustrating conditions you can encounter on a race track. It's what happens when you ask your car to turn and it says, "nope," and instead you go wide and blow your apex.

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If you’re a budding enthusiast looking to acquire your first real-wheel drive performance car, you’ve probably encountered the term “snap oversteer.” Another, more accurate term for it might be “skill ...