Handling comparison

[2021mustangdan]

Is there anyone who has driven both rwd & AWD versions of the Select/Premium standard range battery to compare handling characteristics,how the vehicle feels going around curves/corners ?

On a road course instead of dragstrip is there improvement with the AWD? Besides the obvious improved 0-60 sec times.

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[ARK]

I'd be interested too, but I can't recall seeing any comparisons between Mach-E variants aside from some talk on the improvements of the GTs versus non-GTs (usually ER AWDs).

 

[Mach1E]

Is there anyone who has driven both rwd & AWD versions of the Select/Premium standard range battery to compare handling characteristics,how the vehicle feels going around curves/corners ?

On a road course instead of dragstrip is there improvement with the AWD? Besides the obvious improved 0-60 sec times.

Improvement with AWD? Unlikely.

Weight is the enemy of performance. that’s true for handling as well.

AWD should handle worse. I don’t imagine a huge amount of difference though.

However, the AWD will give you some added traction for accelerating out of corners.

That said, no one is taking a standard range rwd around a road course. There’s a reason it’s hard to find track times for a base model Honda Civic. People that care about those things tend to buy the performance variants.

 

[Pushrods&Capacitors]

Is there anyone who has driven both rwd & AWD versions of the Select/Premium standard range battery to compare handling characteristics,how the vehicle feels going around curves/corners ?

On a road course instead of dragstrip is there improvement with the AWD? Besides the obvious improved 0-60 sec times.

I’ve only driven 4X models but there is an inherent neutral handling balance that the Ford chassis engineers tuned in to the entire model range. Part of it comes from the low Center of Gravity weight due to the HV battery pack.

The other part comes from the stability control tuning that allows even the awd models to enjoy a bit of corner exit oversteer. It only allows a few degrees of yaw rate before it reigns things in but I’ve done it multiple times in our 4X and it’s much more neutral than most awd cars I’ve sampled.

I imagine the rwd models are similar but we wanted the extra power so a 4X was a mandatory choice.

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