chris2002

Is the Solstice free ride of great reviews in the Automotive press over?

I hope so. It is a really nice looking car. But there is no way that a car engineered from the GM parts bin, albiet European ones is without fault.

But if you read the reviews in Automobile, Car and Driver, GrassRoots Motorsports, etc. it is nice, faster, and handles better in "Stock" form than the pricier GT version of the Miata.

How is that possible? Perhaps it is the old saw of a heavily "tweeked" model designed only for press reviews.

Consumer Reports does not use press fleet cars, but buys them directly. So whether you agree with them, or not, their reviews do show warts and all. Not the rose colored glasses.


There was an article a few years ago, I think it was in a column in Car and Driver where a Detroit engineer (retired) talked about how they set up the cars that were given to the press in the 1970s and 1980s. They were not at all stock! But the writers were let to believe that they were.

The tweeks ranging from returned engines to switched out shocks, would make a Nascar Tech inspector see red.

So don't disregard the Consumer Reports review, just factor it in with the other stuff to get a more balance picture.

vader1

That is the most smileys I have ever seen in one post.

aklucsarits

^^^ You need a LOT of smileys in order to properly convey an automotive conspiracy theory.

Andrew

Umrswimr

Don't we already have a thread here about the CR article on the Solstice? What- you needed another route to spout anti-GM conspiracy theories?

omg516

too many smileys

kadeshpa

Every time you use a smiley, a kitten dies.

PedalFaster

What happens when we run out of kittens?

kadeshpa

They move onto baby bunnies.