Fresh Air for a new life » Motor Trend http://shinkaze.com Unplugged and alive again. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:44:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Motor Trend, Stop Making this hard! http://shinkaze.com/2008/08/motor-trend-stop-making-this-hard/ http://shinkaze.com/2008/08/motor-trend-stop-making-this-hard/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:02:32 +0000 Adam http://shinkaze.com/?p=63
I was very excited to see the new Motor Trend test to find “America’s best handling car”…. though I think it’s silly to not include the Vette, since the ZR1 is just as new as the Shelby 500KR and Viper ACR. That said I was SUPER ANNOYED by the lack of a clear leaderboard. Sheesh, stop trying to placate everyone, man up here and stack these cars properly! Since Motor Trend is too something, to do this, I’ve done it for them based on their own data.

Subjective Ranking
Car Track Time Subjective G
R8 01:40.9 1 0.61
M3 01:43.0 2 0.593
RX8 01:50.4 3 0.524
911 TURBO 01:42.5 4 0.589
GT-R 01:40.5 5 0.628
EVO MR 01:47.7 6 0.559
VIPER ACR 01:35.1 7 0.658
MINI COOPER S 01:52.0 8 0.515
COBALT SS 01:47.8 9 0.545
SHELBY GT500KR 01:44.7 10 0.591
Track Time Ranking
Car Track Time Subjective G
VIPER ACR 01:35.1 7 0.658
GT-R 01:40.5 5 0.628
R8 01:40.9 1 0.61
911 TURBO 01:42.5 4 0.589
M3 01:43.0 2 0.593
SHELBY GT500KR 01:44.7 10 0.591
EVO MR 01:47.7 6 0.559
COBALT SS 01:47.8 9 0.545
RX8 01:50.4 3 0.524
MINI COOPER S 01:52.0 8 0.515
G-Force Ranking
Car Track Time Subjective G
VIPER ACR 01:35.1 7 0.658
GT-R 01:40.5 5 0.628
R8 01:40.9 1 0.61
M3 01:43.0 2 0.593
SHELBY GT500KR 01:44.7 10 0.591
911 TURBO 01:42.5 4 0.589
EVO MR 01:47.7 6 0.559
COBALT SS 01:47.8 9 0.545
RX8 01:50.4 3 0.524
MINI COOPER S 01:52.0 8 0.515

America’s Best Handling Car – Track Testing – Comparison – Motor Trend.

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