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I need to look up who first came up with traction control but it’s a feature that has probably saved a lot of people from danger.
If your car doesn’t have any traction control and you’re speeding, trying to get to nowhere fast, the chances of you skidding out of control are higher. Traction control prevents a car from skidding by reducing power to the wheels which begin to slip and restoring some control. Of late, more and more cars are being made with advanced traction control systems which can ‘sense’ if a skid is about to happen and institute effective mechanisms to prevent it such as power reduction and braking specific wheels.

In the reviews I keep saying Torque, Torque and some lay persons might be wondering what I am writing about. Torque requires further explanation but for now I’ll leave that to the engineers (sorry). Torque is the most important element of a car engine’s output. If your vehicle is climbing a hill (say Lawes Rd hill) with a fair load of your wantoks sitting at the back and you don’t have to change your gears too often, then your car has excellent torque characteristics.
When you are trying to buy a car look not only at the maximum torque figure but also at the engine revolutions per minute (rpm). In the spec for the Terios it reads 140Nm/4400rpm. This means that 4400rpms, the vehicle will develop its maximum torque. Ideally, the lower a cars engine rpm, the better. Different classes of cars have different torque characteristics.