2012 Ford Focus Ad, something Ford Australia could use on its Falcon

[Joe5619]

Originally Posted by Buntz93ED

Except that it applies it through every corner to help the FWD car corner better. Completely irrelevant for Falcon. And it uses the brakes more. Which mena they wear more, which means they need replacing more often, which means it will cost more to own.

I don't understand your point. If you drive a Falcon too hard around a concer DSC will apply the breaks to one wheel.. Sounds like the same thing is happening with the focus. If it dosn't lose traction it wont apply the breaks?? Or have I missed something??

[Swordsman88]

Originally Posted by Joe5619

I don't understand your point. If you drive a Falcon too hard around a concer DSC will apply the breaks to one wheel.. Sounds like the same thing is happening with the focus. If it dosn't lose traction it wont apply the breaks?? Or have I missed something??

THey are related in so far as the same tech is behind it (braking system). BUT the difference here is that the Falcon will not intervene unless the car becomes substantially unstable...esp i oversteer situations. This system on teh focus is more of an active system. i.e. it uses the dsc system to apply brakes to achieve the desired line the driver requires via reading the steering lock. It would cut in much earlier than the falcon system and is really a feature to reduce FWD understeer on exit of the corner rather than a safety feature.

So while the two systems are in effect the same thing the focus has the added feature (on top of its own dsc) to assist in driving through corners even when the car is not as yet in an 'unstable' state....