cornering G's

[unpakwon]

What does "cornering G's" mean in the following? And what does "G" stand for?

Furthermore, their unique design gives the cars an explosion of additional lifestyle enriching qualities within the supercar market:


1. Best power-to-weight ratio.
2. Shortest braking distance.
3. Highest cornering G's.

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[emsr2d2]

I don't know a lot about cars but I guess it has something to do with the "G force" created when the car goes round a corner. However, that's a guess based on simply the fact that I enjoy watching Top Gear.

 

[BobSmith]

What does "cornering G's" mean in the following? And what does "G" stand for?

3. Highest cornering G's.

to corner
intransitive verb
2 : to turn a corner <the car corners well>
Corner - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

G
5 [gravity]: acceleration of gravity; also: a unit of force that is equal to the force exerted by gravity on a body at rest and is used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when undergoing acceleration
G - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

 

[unpakwon]

Thank you all for the answer.