A fuller option package allows for assisted steering and adaptive cruise control.
Electrically assisted steering, fast becoming a universal fuel saver, has damped the response of even six-figure cars.
But the new car's electrically assisted steering, despite having the quickest ratio in its class, felt a bit lifeless compared with the older version.
TRW INC., Cleveland, a supplier of auto parts, said it won $900 million in orders for electrically assisted steering systems from the automakers Fiat, of Turin, Italy, and Renault, of Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
Electric power steering (EPS) is considered as the future of power assisted steering technology for passenger cars.
The electronically assisted steering (EAS) was also a touch light for our tastes, but we can imagine people will like how effortless it is.
The electrically assisted steering is pleasantly soft, and compared with the hydraulic assist in the Cayenne S, integrates more smoothly with the Auto Stop Start Plus feature that was such a shudder-filled exercise in the S.
When manufacturers introduced power assisted steering, the original design was a hydraulically assisted gearbox called a recirculation ball.
Most new cars already use computers to assist in steering, shifting and braking.
