beggar

13.1 @ 111!! :eek: Curiously they tested the car against the non-turbo Carrera and NSX both of which ran 13.4 I think which is pretty decent for them. But the Z06 result is even worse than that of the 2001 Z06 last year. I saw this article in a store yesterday and it's one of the reasons I no longer subscribe to R&T.

hcvone

I would expect nothing else from R&T :(

Hutch

Oh, but they covered themselves by saying they tested the cars at a track they weren't that familiar with. ROTFLMAO! What's there to be "familiar" with about a 1/4 mile drag strip? :crazy:

Frank'n'Austin

They need a new driver. My daughter could pull that number with my Z.

Z06-Goose

Did they say what the altitude was?
Looks like the numbers the Z06 put here in Denver. 5800' altitude. Altitude sucks! :smash:

yelloz06

I remember 30 years ago in high school reading R&T in the library and they allways had the slowest times! What a bunch of candy **** geeks :troll C&D and MT run the pi$$ out of the cars they test!

:cheers:


[Modified by yelloz06, 2:07 AM 3/7/2002]

stingray454

Must be the same test drivers Consumer Reports uses. R&T is a joke anyway - wouldn't read it if someone paid me.

VetterMan

Even PM managed a 12.? when they tested the '97 Vette. 13.1 for a Z06 is just another RT unexplainable. :lol:

beggar

I don't think they did this test at a high altitude, otherwise the times for the other two cars would be slower. I agree with you, the numbers look like a high-altitude Z06 run, or a sea-level coupe run. But neither is the case. Either it's an incompetent driver or some kind of marketing scam to make Porsche and NSX look better.

vettemaan

They cant manage torque :nonod:

TurboSnake

Road & Track does not powershift the test cars,if you look at their road test summary side notes they tell you that all shifts are lift throttle shifts.

Weasel

I thought they showed us in a positive light though. Our cars are a real bargain,and I hope it lasts. The Ford G.T.40 will be 125G's. The XKR Jag is 95G's. They all admit that.

z060ntrack

Road and track still around Nuff said :chevy

EuG

That’s not a good enough explanation. :nono:
You’d need a second guy keeping his foot on the brake to run 13.1 @ 111 in ’02 Z06 :lol:

Guest

R/T has always ruled in favor of imports. Somehow they get good numbers with the imports and not with the Domestis.

Jay

C5Longhorn

That sounds like all the mags when it involves a BMW.

stingray454

That's because they're BIASED, which is precisely the reason I never read that rag.