Problem is the magazine test are running totally stock cars vs solo II
prepped cars, which makes a huge difference in the potential of the car,
especially when mixing Miata's and sedans. Now when comparing similar
sedans and sedan's I would think they would be more similar. I'd love to
have a magazine compare the A4 with sports suspension and a 328i Sport in
there tests.
---JCG
Team Butt Heat
GS Audi A4 Quattro
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Craig Blome
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 1999 7:12 PM
> To: Brian M Kennedy; TDL
> Cc: Bay Autox; National Autox
> Subject: Re: 328 vs. A4
>
>
> ---Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com> wrote:
> >
> > But, competitively, the BMW 328 is dead meat. As has been pointed
> > out here before, the BMW is misclassed in BS
>
> Interestingly enough, AutoWeek tested a 328i Sport in the new issue
> and clocked a slalom speed of 46.4 mph...not too far behind the
> Boxster, and 1.1 mph _faster_ than the last Miata they tested (which
> was admittedly a leather package car, but on the same Michelin Pilot
> SX tires as the Sports, and comparable to the Beemer's Dunlop SP Sport
> 2000's). Skidpad was a little less at 0.84 vs. 0.86 for the Mazda.
> The editors wrote that it felt softer than the E36 but could make
> comparable numbers when flogged.
>
> It's probably still outgunned on course, but maybe not by the wide
> margin everyone believes. I'd be interested to see one of the class
> shoes compare them back to back. At any rate, you can probably kiss
> goodbye any chance of a move to G Stock...
>
> Craig Blome
>
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