Steering clear?

It’s usually Dan or Andrew cracking the whip around here, but in a somewhat worrying new development, the Ti readers are now also putting me to work. One of you good folk quite rightly observed that road-testers like Messrs Prosser and Frankel tend to talk a lot about steering ‘feel’, and hence asked that we delve into some of the key elements behind this oh-so-subjective of driving attributes.

Specifically, why electrically assisted steering is often considered to provide less feedback than hydraulic assistance. Harry B, your wish, sir, is our steering input…