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OT: C & D and other magazines
--- 16V Jason <jason@scirocco.org> wrote:
> Guys,
> Below is from a friend of mine who knows about
> these things: :)
> Jason
>
>
> Jason,
>
> The cars tested in magazines come from independent
> companies, but the
> manufacturers provide cars to those companies. They
> just have those
> companies (most go through A&M) maintain the cars
> and handle the loans to
> avoid the hassle, not to ensure that the cars are
> actually stock. That
> said, I haven't heard of nonstandard cars in quite
> some time, although I am
> also not sure anyone would ever know. I am sure the
> car companies, at the
> very least, give the cars a thorough going-over
> before sending them into
> the press fleet.
>
> Mike
>
> At 12:20 PM 2/1/2002 -0500, 16V Jason wrote:
> >At 04:38 PM 1/31/2002, UrGTI@aol.com wrote:
> >>I was looking though a buddies library of car
> mags and I think it was R&T
> >>where they are testing a 16v rocco and you can
> clearly spot the 50mm intake
> >>in the pics of the engine bay. I cant remember it
> it had A/C or not but my
> >>memory is leaning towards not.
> >
> >Oh yeah -- all of the magazines do. Now, mind
> you, most of them used
> stock VW photos -- but if you look closely at the
> R&T photo (which was not
> a VW pic), that baby's a 50mm intake.
> >
> >Now, is it any wonder noone can duplicate 0-60mph
> runs in 8s flat (or
> 7.7s as per R&T) with a stock 1.8?! If they put the
> 50mm intake on, it
> wouldn't surprise me that they also did other
> internal engine mods -- for
> all we know, it could be a 2.0 with a Euro cam and
> Euro FI.
> >
> >It's my understanding now that the car magazines
> get their test cars from
> an independent company -- not the manufacturer
> directly. (Ever notice how
> all the magazines have the identical car in the same
> issue??) So
> thankfully, that problem has been solved...
> >
> >Jason
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >----------
> >1987 Scirocco 2.0 16v [7.4s 0-60; was 8.7s with
> the 1.8]
> >1988 Mercedes 190E Sport 2.0 [9.5s 0-60, but it's
> Euro-spec so no torque!]
> >1994 Golf III GL 2.0 [11.7s 0-60 -- WOOHOO!!!]
> >
> >http://www.scirocco16v.org
This may have been addressed, but there is a legend
that VW shipped some 16V Sciroccos here with the 50mm
intakes by error.
I have no idea if there's any truth to it . . .
=====
Mark Peele
1985 Scirocco, 1982 Scirocco, 1981 Scirocco, 1978 Scirocco, 1987 Golf GT
http://www.scirocco2.de/mark.htm
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