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Originally Posted by Capt Canuck
a - does the automatic come with different brakes, steering, chassis setup than the manual? No, impressions on those aspects of the car are still valid.
b - is you legacy equipped as standard and is it a new current model year car? The BRZ and Reno were both tested with standard equipment.
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a) it's slower, geared differently and AT affects weight/distribution.
b) What's your point? To me lap comparisons are meaningless unless it's a race car. Otherwise it says nothing to me, cause too many variable affect end-result.
I can buy lap time comparisons for cars in the same class with similar power (say, FF hot hatches) and category of tires. Comparing FF and FR car of vastly different specs is meaningless not only because of specs but also because different tracks favor different layouts. Like I said - waste of journal space.
The only remotely useful bit in that article - is that tires seem not to take trail-braking too well. But then again, the rest of info (for example - tires losing grip to abruptly) goes against what most other reviewers said which at the moment works against EVO's word and makes me discount the trail-braking info too.