Long, but spot on. Handling is how well a car does what you ask of it.

I have to add that handling needs two definitions. Around town and performance. Around town, never losing traction, never doing any emergency maneuvers is a typical test drive. Emergency avoidance, unexpected road conditions, etc. fall into the performance/traction loss category. Some of us rely on professional testers before buying, others just ignore performance handling.

Hence cars that many find acceptable or good handling fail the moose test and/or become dangerous in emergency situations.

This is significantly different than what “car guys” call “sporty” or “fun”.

A Model 3 performance steers like it’s on a track. It’s low and fairly accurate and precise for a bigger car and it won’t let you spin. Even in the snow, my Tesla just won’t spin. I can ram on the gas and spin the wheel and it’ll gently steer at approximately the limits of the tire.

But “car guys” tell me that a “good handling” car is “tossable” and “lively” which is an entirely different and subjective thing and seems to apply to cars that will easily spin or flip if you do something slightly stupid if you even slightly miss the target.

Jason is a treasure. Electrics will have no problem handling well, the NSX showed this. What they need to do is add fizz and feeling.