Norm Peterson
Corner Barstool Sitter
It's about ensuring that the car remains understeerish under a wider range of driving (there probably are corporate standards for this), and may also make the job of certifying stability control systems somewhat easier. I suspect that staggering also tends to make the understeer slightly more progressive (read: you get a little more warning from the steering response 'softening'). Keep in mind that Ford (and the rest) have to set these cars up with a little extra margin for those buyers whose car control skills are, shall we say . . . open to question.Why do these cars come staggered from Ford anyway?
It seems the general consensus is square is better, yet we get staggered wheels and tires.
Anybody who is a member here is almost certainly more demanding of car cornering and handling capabilities than 99% of Mustang buyers overall. Hell, if all those C&C memes are any indication, half the Mustang world can't even tell the difference between understeer and underwear.
Norm