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Fin · Mar 1st, 2008, 10:29 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by caesar (original)

An interesting discussion, perhaps somebody could explain something: -

When I ordered my MCS in June 07 I was not aware of DSC, and the Dealer did not mention it. But I knew about LSD so ordered that.

Consequently the car has ASC + LSD. What is the difference between ASC and DSC

I would assume ASC = Automatic Stability Control as opposed to Dynamic.

ASC controls the torque applied to the front wheels during loss of traction. DSC is able to apply the brakes on all four wheels when the system detects any lateral acceleration (ie oversteer/understeer). DSC is not seperate to ASC, it is an extension of it, ie if you have DSC you have ASC too.

Personally I am all for DSC being standard on cars.

Mar 1st, 2008, 10:29 PM	#36
Fin Giggity-goo! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cloudbase Local Time: 01:50 PM Posts: 2,571 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by caesar (original) An interesting discussion, perhaps somebody could explain something: - When I ordered my MCS in June 07 I was not aware of DSC, and the Dealer did not mention it. But I knew about LSD so ordered that. Consequently the car has ASC + LSD. What is the difference between ASC and DSC I would assume ASC = Automatic Stability Control as opposed to Dynamic. ASC controls the torque applied to the front wheels during loss of traction. DSC is able to apply the brakes on all four wheels when the system detects any lateral acceleration (ie oversteer/understeer). DSC is not seperate to ASC, it is an extension of it, ie if you have DSC you have ASC too. Personally I am all for DSC being standard on cars.