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Volkswagen’s Electronic Stabilisation Programme is an
active safety feature which can help to prevent an accident
by registering and helping to correct oversteer, understeer
and loss of stability in the vehicle.
The car’s driving condition and the driver’s actions are
constantly monitored thanks to a variety of sensors placed
throughout the car. The sensors monitor factors such as
steering angle, wheel angle, yaw rate (spinning) and lateral
acceleration (side to side movement). According to the
situation, ESP reacts by braking the appropriate wheels
and automatically adjusting the engine’s output. Included
in the ESP package are Electronic Differential Lock (EDL)
and Anti-Slip Regulation (ASR).
However, this additional safety feature is no excuse to
drive recklessly because, despite its proven quality, ESP
cannot dispense with the laws of physics.
Regardless of your driving
experience, you can never
account for other road users
or unforeseeable driving
situations. So with the Golf
Estate it’s comforting to
know you have the benefit
of advanced technology such
as Electronic Brake-pressure
Distribution (EBD) and Anti-lock
Braking System (ABS). EBD
constantly monitors the rate at
which each wheel is slowing and
redistributes the braking effort
accordingly between the front
and rear axles. The result of this
process is much greater stability,
even under severe braking.
The ABS is activated under
extreme braking, particularly
on slippery road surfaces. This
electronically controlled system
helps to prevent the wheels
from ‘locking’, thereby enabling
the car to remain steerable in
hazardous conditions. Widely
regarded as one of the major
safety innovations of recent
years, ABS is standard on all
Golf Estates.
01 The Electronic Stabilisation
Programme – ESP – helps
to prevent loss of control in
unstable driving conditions.
02 – 04 ESP is designed
to stabilise the dynamic
handling response of the
vehicle by counteracting any
tendency towards oversteer
or understeer.
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