Ford Fiesta ST - torque vectoring in the wet

[MarkRSi]

Possibly looking at getting a Fiesta ST Mk7

Just wondering how effective the "torque vectoring" system is in wet/damp conditions? Is it capable of pulling the car out of bends in 2nd/3rd relatively smoothly like an LSD would or would you still need to carefully modulate the throttle to avoid axle tramp etc.?

Cheers,

Mark

Edited by MarkRSi on Thursday 27th July 23:44

[Ron240]

MarkRSi said:

Just wondering how effective the "torque vectoring" system is in wet/damp conditions?
is it capable of pulling the car out of bends in 2nd/3rd relatively smoothly like an LSD would

In the wet? Forget it....not even close!

[MarkRSi]

Ron240 said:

In the wet? Forget it....not even close!

Ha, suspected as much had a test drive a couple days ago and was very close to breaking traction even in the dry, guess it's part of the appeal of the car...

[Greendubber]

Not that it's much help... but I have a 2017 Focus ST TDCI with this electronic torque vectoring business and to be fair it's pretty good, obviously not a Fiesta but it's got plenty of torque and keeps things civilised.

Plus who wants a boring drive?