Dont think at all your trying to bust my bubble.
I think Car & Driver is the best out of the three mentioned.
Your 100% right about who ever dumps the most $$$ usually wins the comparsion in the magazines.
In the test above the each manufacturer brought there own driver.
In mag there also was a comparsion of small SUV Escape, liberty, RAV4, Cr-v nad was surprsied to see the Liberty finish last and dont agree with the RAV4 being the winner.
Another thing that was surprising they tested the 08 STI and it hit 13.6 @ 102 mph slower than last years and noted what i have known for years to get that time & mph requires 6000RPM launches.
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Originally Posted by 01mmmz28
^ sorry man, not try'n to bust your bubble here.....but car & liar is just as bad as the rest of them. They are bias twords whomever gives them the most advertising $$$. Go through your collection of mags and you will see what I am saying. Example: I was looking through mine ( long time ago ) and noticed an ad for the GMC yukon.....next big ad layout was for the GMC sierra truck.....nest was an Envoy ad.....then a few others, but they were mainly ads for GMC trucks/SUV's......and guess what? there was 2 seperate articles that according to their "oh-so-accurate" point system of scoring vehicles on comparison tests, other competitors technically won, but the drivers and editors made the final decision of the winners based off of shit that nothing to do w/ the comparison. So, if Ford steps up one month and has a stang ad, focus ad, F-150 ad, and a explorer ad........check to see who the winners are in that months comparisons.......it's all about marketing and putting money in the pockets of the head honchos.
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