Quote Originally Posted by henk4 View Post
You were talking about straight line stability. not the lift off oversteer thing that a Mini causes to flip. In the past motor magazines (and TV programmes) used to test the sensibility to lateral winds by having the car run past enormous fans with the steering locked. Pity they don't do that anymore, as it would for instance also show that the "stable" BMW will be blown mightily further off course than the Lancia. (but of course the BMW has 4 cm less wheelbase..)
What I acutally meant is that the Lancia is very suited to being a high speed cruiser because it's very stable and rarely deviates from the line you pointe with the steering wheel. The Mini on the other hand is like an accident waiting happen. A lot of fun in twisty roads, not so much in the highway.

I guess it was my wrongly worded sentence which caused the confusion.