Motor trend ranks new camaro 10th place out of 10
09-10-2009, 02:10 PM
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Motor trend ranks new camaro 10th place out of 10 August Motor trend tests 10 cars and ranks camaro 10th. Didnt think too much of it until I read whats cars it was placed up against. Heres the cars in order from last to first. 10: 2010 camaro ss 9: 2009 bmw 135i 8: 2010 Jaguar XFR 7: 2010 Nissan Nismo 370z 6: 2009 Zr1 Corvette 5:2010 GT500 mustang 4: 2009 CTS-v 3: 2009 Mazda Mx-5 miata 2:2009 Audi r8 1: 2009 Porche Cayman S PDK I am in no means saying the Camaro is the best built car in the world but damn got beat out by a Miata and 370z i dont know.
09-10-2009, 02:36 PM
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A mazda miata!? Really? Must be a joke.. And a jag? Those things are POS. They always break down and there isn't one that doesn't pass in front of the shop and it not stop for something..
09-10-2009, 03:03 PM
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That's why I stopped reading Motortrend. They have an obvious bias toward upscale foreign cars ( that no ordinary person could afford) and the ford mustang, no matter how inferior it is compared to the GM competition.
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I thought the same thing when I read it. When I saw the Mustang over the ZR-1 I just laughed. The ZR-1 was far superior than any of the cars in most categories yet there it sat in 6th. Just a joke.
09-10-2009, 08:14 PM
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They complained that the ZR1 didn't handle at speed as good as some of the other cars. I think they failed to take into account that the ZR1 was traveling much FASTER in all of the tests than the other cars. That will make a bit of a difference taking a curve at 70mph (MIata) vs 100mph. shooot....
haha Motortrend is retarded. I'd say the CTS-V and ZR1 are ranked 1 & 2 for sure
09-11-2009, 06:29 AM
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Did any of you actually bother to READ the article and not just look at the lap times? They had a professional driver with them judging the cars as well, and were ranking them by best DRIVERS CAR, not best performance. The feel, balance, and control played a huge part in the judging, thats why the 3800lbs Camaro with 20" wheels came last...
09-11-2009, 07:47 AM
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Did any of you actually bother to READ the article and not just look at the lap times? They had a professional driver with them judging the cars as well, and were ranking them by best DRIVERS CAR, not best performance. The feel, balance, and control played a huge part in the judging, thats why the 3800lbs Camaro with 20" wheels came last...
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Obviously a slow *** maita is gonna "feel" like it handles better. Thats because its going a hell of alot slower around the whole track than the ZR1. One of the Dumbest Comparisons I've seen Motortrend do.
09-11-2009, 10:11 AM
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Did any of you actually bother to READ the article and not just look at the lap times? They had a professional driver with them judging the cars as well, and were ranking them by best DRIVERS CAR, not best performance. The feel, balance, and control played a huge part in the judging, thats why the 3800lbs Camaro with 20" wheels came last...
The one of the drivers they used, an ex-nascar guy or something, Randy Probst was railing on the Camaro, and talked too high on the Mustang.
When the Camaro got a 12.9 1/4 and 4.5 0-60 smacking around almost every other car, they hardly acknowledged it, but when the Camaro's breaking was just 4 ft off the average, they flipped out
09-11-2009, 02:39 PM
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Its a good car, people like it, people croud around them where ever there at...... yet someone has to write an article like that right after the car hits the streets. I dont see a miata or 370 getting that attention, but I guess the stupid article wasnt about that.