~ ( 2 Pictures ) Road Test Summary
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~ ( 2 Pictures ) Road Test Summary
I don't know about you guys but this is something I could spend a lot of time on, posted these on my forum too.
Here are 2 pages of the "Road Test Summary" in the latest R&T (in April, 2008 Issue):
Enjoy and hope this makes a better thursday afternoon haha
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Here are 2 pages of the "Road Test Summary" in the latest R&T (in April, 2008 Issue):
Enjoy and hope this makes a better thursday afternoon haha
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lol lexus schalom speed is the lowest in the industry, just marginally beating smartfor2.
they also listed the braking distance for the LS460 as extremely bad at 146 ft. that must be a mistake if we look at the rest of the lexsu cars, especially the LS600Hl with the regenerative brakes
they also listed the braking distance for the LS460 as extremely bad at 146 ft. that must be a mistake if we look at the rest of the lexsu cars, especially the LS600Hl with the regenerative brakes
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Great summary there. Really helps putting things in perspective.
The LS460 has pretty bad slalom speed, yes, but the IS's slalom speed actually beats the 3-series' in many cases. The S550's 60.1mph slalom speed is nothing to brag about either.
The LS460 also had a poor showing in C&D's braking test. It's probably a result of Lexus sending the same pre-production car with crappy A/S tires.
And holy crap the Caterham manages 79.8mph in slalom speed.
lol lexus schalom speed is the lowest in the industry, just marginally beating smartfor2.
they also listed the braking distance for the LS460 as extremely bad at 146 ft. that must be a mistake if we look at the rest of the lexsu cars, especially the LS600Hl with the regenerative brakes
they also listed the braking distance for the LS460 as extremely bad at 146 ft. that must be a mistake if we look at the rest of the lexsu cars, especially the LS600Hl with the regenerative brakes
The LS460 also had a poor showing in C&D's braking test. It's probably a result of Lexus sending the same pre-production car with crappy A/S tires.
And holy crap the Caterham manages 79.8mph in slalom speed.
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R&T is the only car magazine (except for the British ones) that still publish their road test #s in the back of the magazine, I used to love reading these, but I've looked over them so much that I can pretty much estimate the numbers of any car I'm interested in
I wouldn't put too much stock in the slalom and skidpad numbers though, the GTI has better numbers than the McLaren F1 in both?!?
I wouldn't put too much stock in the slalom and skidpad numbers though, the GTI has better numbers than the McLaren F1 in both?!?
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R&T is the only car magazine (except for the British ones) that still publish their road test #s in the back of the magazine, I used to love reading these, but I've looked over them so much that I can pretty much estimate the numbers of any car I'm interested in
I wouldn't put too much stock in the slalom and skidpad numbers though, the GTI has better numbers than the McLaren F1 in both?!?
I wouldn't put too much stock in the slalom and skidpad numbers though, the GTI has better numbers than the McLaren F1 in both?!?
Then, a Fit sport beats them both 
But more IMPORTANTLY, why are they still putting a car from 1997 on there while it doesn't do much now? bugatti beats it and almost everywhere and there was the CLK GTR before which is just as good as the MC F1... which got token down long ago...
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