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Khatir Soltani
The STS and the Vettes without the MRC system delivered the kind of rides that any car of their type would deliver -- solid and assured.

But there were moments when some particular patch of road -- a big dip, some broken pavement -- would make them unpleasant, as would any other car of their type be at the speed I was driving.

With the MRC, on the other hand, these moments were considerably less unpleasant or significantly less unnerving. What most impressed me was the ability of MRC to take the up-and-down whoops out of the ride, or the motion that tosses your head from side to side.

The former is the kind of E-ticket experience people line up for at Disney World and places like that, but in a car or (even worse, an airplane) they are not welcome.

The latter is the kind of motion that brings on occupant discomfort and, depending upon the occupant and the amount of exposure, nausea.

MRC doesn't completely stop the whoops and the head toss, because the laws of physics still apply, but it does reduce them in amounts that the average person can immediately experience and quickly appreciate.

It's easy to see, then, the attraction of MRC to the average consumer.

At the moment, however, the average consumer and MRC are not destined to be seeing each other on a regular basis, since average consumers don't have or aren't willing to spend the big bucks necessary for Corvettes and Cadillacs.

But once the buyers of those two models help to pay for this technology, MRC will eventually begin to trickle down into more affordable models. That is the way things have always been done in the auto business, and it will likely continue.

Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
Automotive expert
  • Over 8 years experience as a car reviewer
  • Over 50 test drives in the last year
  • Involved in discussions with virtually every auto manufacturer in Canada