The Crusader is a front-wheel-drive economy coupe in the mould of an early-2000s Chevrolet Cavalier. Most of its weight sits over the nose (roughly 62/38), and the front tyres do all three jobs at once — steering, braking and driving. That makes it the textbook FWD car: it wants to push wide, and the way you beat that is to get it turned before you ask the front for drive.
How it drives
On tarmac the limiting factor is power-on understeer. Carry too much speed into a corner, or get on the throttle before the wheel is straight, and the loaded nose washes wide. The Crusader is fast when you slow it, point it, and only then unwind and drive out — patience on entry buys you a straighter, faster exit.
The trick is to make the light rear work for you. Lift off or trail a little brake into the corner and the tail will rotate, swinging the nose toward the apex so you can get on power earlier and straighter. Entry is where you make time; exit is where you protect the front’s grip rather than squander it in wheelspin. On loose surfaces that rotation comes more easily, so it becomes a genuine tool rather than something to fear.
In a pack the Crusader is a modest, mid-weight car — it neither shrugs off big hits like a muscle car nor darts clear like the lightest hatches. Its defence is a clean line and using that entry rotation to stay off the racing line when contact is coming.