'Nuff said!

 

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Destiny2002
Motorweek said: Adequate power is available as low as 3,000 rpm. That's half the revs needed before.

I look at the dyno plots, and I don't see the same power being produced with the 2004 at 3,000 RPM as the 00-03 engine at 6,000 RPM.

 

When ever you see the comment about more elbow room, you can be sure that all the writer did was copy the press release and fluff it up with some of his own stuff. Come on it was increased 0.5". I'm not knocking the new car, just a lazy reporter.

 

^^ I agree...too much reporter BS.

Still love my 04 though!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by dlq04
When ever you see the comment about more elbow room, you can be sure that all the writer did was copy the press release and fluff it up with some of his own stuff.

 

Apparently you missed the Motorweek TV show that this transcript came directly from. The one that shows them doing the speed runs and putting the car through the paces on the track....

It is the job of the auto journalist to report on the changes and differences between models. That is in fact, the whole purpose of the piece. In order to do that they will inevitably mention the same things that are in the manufacturers' press releases. Not to say that what you allege doesn't ever happen, but it's clearly unfair to make broad generalizations.

BTW, the .5" increase is the measurement at the shoulder. The deepest increase in the resculpted door panels is in the elbow area.

ron

 

One of the magazines had a stock '03 doing 0-60 in 5.3 seconds with a quarter in at 13.8 seconds at 100.5 MPH. I wish I saved the article.