Motor Magazine Full Of sh*t?

[replicant]

That's why I actually prefer to drive a car off the lot or better still a rental as a more representative example than a press car (and yes I have driven press cars but not in Australia).

It's also interesting that Wheels could not match the fuel economy nor the performance in their recent test of the Omega vs XT compared to cars supplied at the Lang Lang launch... coincidental... ahhh I couldn't possibly say.

It's also interesting that when I was involved in Formula Ford in kiwiland that the engines are very controlled but despite the fact that you had to use inlet manifolds as cast (no machining) that a particular manifold would have a measureable effect on the dyno... and not necessarily always the same effect with different heads... which is why we have 'blueprinted' engines or those donks that just seem to be more powerful... even had it between two apparently identical cars in the 80s - mine was red and one of my skiing buddies had a blue one... the red one went notably faster even with drivers swapped for no tangible reason... other than the fact I drove mine a lot harder most of the time...

[veczar]

Our BA's dont usually have the 240 fwkw that Ford say they do either... because so many are different rwkw when dino'd stock.

[Flukey]

Guys, Motor constantly outperforms Wheels every time because of the way they conduct their testing:

Wheels always has a driver (derr) plus passenger plus full tank of fuel.

Motor is just the driver and what ever fuel is in it.

Of course Motor are going to pull quicker times.