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Old 11-27-2013, 10:26 AM   #123
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Originally Posted by Suberman View Post
Does anybody pay any attention to Car & Driver anymore? No European testers get numbers like that. Edmunds doesn't. The factory doesn't. Those tests are just useless.

The actual delta is around half a second in 7.5 seconds, approximately. This is arithmetically 1.07%. There is variation in the testing but elevation, surface grip and ambient temperature all affect times.
If you don't like Car & Driver's results, what about Motor Trend?

BRZ Limited
- Auto: 7.7 s
- Manual: 6.4 s

Difference: 20% slower, not 1%.

These are actual tested figures. As far as I can tell, Edmunds never tested an automatic FR-S or BRZ.

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...ic_first_test/
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...or_comparison/
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