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[Kevin H]

Paul,
I was talking about handling differences between the 411 and 412 - I am not at all surprised that a 407 doesn't handle as well. Apparently incremental improvements were made between the 407 and 411/412 due to increasingly more subtle changes in steering and suspension geometry and spring rates (devised by Mr Sevier if my memory is correct).

Of course a car handles differently if you put a carrier on the roof, or if it's full of people. However, my comments were in the context of what you said about engine position, and weight, centre of gravity and cornering.

I still maintain that the differences you mentioned, between the 411 and 412, would not create any material difference between the handling of the two cars, all other things such as wheels/tyres etc being equal.

Kevin

PS. We are allowed to disagree