REAR-WHEEL DRIVE FOR PURE PERFORMANCE. ESC AND TCS FOR CONFIDENT CONTROL.
It’s no secret that rear-wheel drive cars have a natural advantage when you’re trying to turn. Problem is, the earlier designs developed a reputation for trying to veer off course when you least expected it, a phenomenon known as fishtailing or, in engineer-speak, oversteer.
The Genesis Coupe is engineered to minimize oversteer—standard Electronic Stability Control and Traction Control5 help keep you pointed in the direction you want to go. Even if the weather takes a turn for the worse, slippery pavement is surprisingly drama-free, thanks to electronics that perform hundreds of calculations per second to reduce the skidding and spinning of wheels18. (And for those enthusiasts who like to be able to smoke tires at will, the systems can be fully disabled with the single push of a button.)