I want to weigh in on this topic and put it to bed once and for all.

Note, I am not disputing here whether or not 4.9 for 0-60 in a Stook is achievable or not. That is a different issue and one for us to debate in a different thread.

What I am saying is that in the R&T report (page 50 - January 01 edition) the quoted 0-60 times, along with the skidpad, slalom and braking times were not measured in the test. If you take the time to check the Road Test summary on page 140 of the same edition of R&T you will see that ALL of the above figures in the Sportcar shootout report have been transcribed directly from previous tests. If you don't believe me check this for the Chevys, BMWs, Ferraris, Mercs, Porkers (Porsches - sorry Pig) and even the NSX - all the numbers tally except for the 0-60 and braking figures for the S2000 which were (IMHO) mistyped from the NSX.

My excuse for taking so long to pick this up is that I only received my edition of R&T a couple of days ago (its got to find its way all the way across the Pacific to me fellas). I must admit I'm surprised no one elese has worked this one out before me