It seems that some drivers still fail to recognize the limitations of all-wheel drive when it comes to performance. Just because power isn’t being sent exclusively to the front wheels doesn’t mean your vehicle can’t understeer.
Here we have a perfect example of somebody inducing understeer with an all-wheel drive car, specifically the latest Audi RS5. The problem is, the driver didn’t seem to know what they were doing and the car clipped the side of the road hard enough so as to overturn.
In fact, it seems the car was even given some throttle mid corner, which is a major no-no procedure when you have all-wheel drive. To make matters worse, speed could have also been an issue, given the seemingly dusty conditions.
Upon impact, the curtain airbags went off immediately, as the vehicle rolled over on its side and slid further down the road, stopping a few cm shy of going downhill in an abrupt and uncontrollable manner.
If we could somehow roll back time and find a way for that RS5 to go around the corner cleanly and even quickly, the solution would be to brake hard, turn in early and look for the apex, minimizing front end load.
Then, on the exit, put its 2.9-liter bi-turbo V6 to work, unleashing 450 PS (444 HP) and 600 Nm (443 lb-ft) of torque onto the road.