Turning Circle - how many metres do you need to turn round?

[wackojacko]

About a mile

My Volvo is worse than my stepdads Noble in terms of turning circle !

[Perd Hapley]

Here's a nice clip comparing the original Mini's turning circle to the MK1 Renault 5 and MK1 Ford Fiesta:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt3axkFoXHQ&fea...

[Checkmate]

lost in espace said:

Defender 110, 14.36 metres. Where do I collect my prize?

The runner up prize?
Clio V6 14.40 metres.

[Toby Le Rone]

Ford Galaxy 2001 2.3
11.1M

[Codd]

Nissan Cube's turning circle is 4.4M if figures are to be believed.

[saaby93]

^^^ turning circle or turning radius 33ft?
http://www.motorwayamerica.com/review/nissan-cube-...
Is radius twice the diameter in US?

Perd Hapley said:

Here's a nice clip comparing the original Mini's turning circle to the MK1 Renault 5 and MK1 Ford Fiesta:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt3axkFoXHQ&fea...

at 3 mins in
If you watch the rest with the sound off you get a better idea of Baxter grimacing over every bump
The slalom with no seat belt....

Edited by saaby93 on Saturday 19th November 23:49

[TazR6]

PhillipM said:

Mine used to be too, so I tweaked it

Hmmmm. Tell me more if you would.

[supersingle]

306 gti6 is supposed to be 12m. Not sure I believe that figure. It also depends which way you turn!

[busta]

petrolsniffer said:

5.4m

Surely not?

[Mastodon2]

According to Parkers, 11m for the EP3 Type R, which is pretty shocking when you consider it's not a huge car.

So much for RWD though, have you seen the turning circle of a Clio V6?!

[Vladimir]

Checkmate said:

The runner up prize?
Clio V6 14.40 metres.

REALLY? Holy cr4p!!!

[Zwolf]

Mastodon2 said:

So much for RWD though, have you seen the turning circle of a Clio V6?!

Within its own length - at 40+ mph?

[Mastodon2]

Zwolf said:

Within its own length - at 40+ mph?

It is reputed to be fantastic at parking hedgerows at speed, hopeless in a car park though

[Mr2Mike]

andyps said:

I have now gone to the opposite extreme, a Fiat Coupe 20VT, it doesn't have a turning circle, there are so few places you can actually turn fully it almost always needs at least a 3 point turn. Definitely the worst feature of the car.

Parkers says the turning circle is 10m which is grossly optimistic, it makes a nuclear submarine look pretty manoeuvrable.

My wife's Octavia Estate has vastly better steering lock though it's listed at the same 10m. Every time I drive the Octavia I'm amazed that I can get into and out of tight parking spaces without having to do this

[Bhuvsta]

Mastodon2 said:

According to Parkers, 11m for the EP3 Type R, which is pretty shocking when you consider it's not a huge car.

So much for RWD though, have you seen the turning circle of a Clio V6?!

Tell me about it, the civic has a shocking turning circle. Some of the vans I drive at work are smaller.

[falkster]

Just googled all mine and really surprised. Even the ML is only 11m and the worst car I've had was the Evo 7 FQ which I thought was really bad but that was 10.5.

[R300will]

With or without the handbrake? Big difference if so

[Pints]

Golf mk5: 35.8 feet

MX-5 already mentioned above.

[R300will]

doogz said:

How do you turn your car round a full 360 degrees, with the handbrake, in a smaller circle than if you were just creeping in first gear?

You're going to cover a lot more ground from the second you pull the handbrake, til you've rotated 360 degrees, bearing in mind the speed you're going to have to be carrying, than if you just dawdled round in a circle at 2mph.

I was thinking quick 180 and work out the circumference from that. not difficult. also joking.