I understand but this makes no sense. If yo said that they run 3 times and use the best run details I'll accept. Maybe they took the best run + best reaction time to give timing. You completely lost me with the method (or idea) of compensating for wheel spin.

Regarding the Mustang... Did THEY (Motor Trend) test it at 13.4 (same day) or was that another test report to which you refer? If it's another (as I suspect), then thats ok as various conditions can change times.

 

Looks: STI_____EVO MR
_____ ugly________the hotness

 

Yep sound about right

 

They both look ridiculous, but the Subaru's styling is definitely going the wrong way.

 

haha.. yeah im impressed that they are so even now. I heard the 2006 stis have much sharper steering.. to bad the looks when to hell! Before I could justify not owning the suby for the steering.. now that they are just about equally im gonna have to stick with hideous looks excuse lol Id love to see some pics of the 06 sti with the T.k. bumper on though.

 

It's nothing new, they've been neck to neck every year..

http://motortrend.com/roadtests/seda...rx/index9.html

 

Cars are historically on par with each other, +/- a tenth or two.

 

i always liked the STi, i almost bought one, the Evo just suited me better. but the '06...that looks like sh|T. what ere they thinking, if i were in the markett i would take the '05 2 years from now if there always going to look like the '06

 

See that C6 corvette? That car is SICK!!!! it beat a FORD GT in everything!!!

 

couldnt agree more...evo used to be the lesser of the two evils, but now it's a beauty queen compared to the STi

 

The 04, 05 STis will hold their values very well

 

who the hell won!!!!!

 

Motor Trend must have some professional drivers getting those times. I've never seen any stock evo run that fast. For that matter, I've never seen any stock STi run that fast either. The fasted stock time I've ever witnessed for either car was a 13.6 from an 04 Evo.

I really like the new ST'I'. Suburu did a nice job on the update. I also like the IX, but the changes are less subtle than the Scoobie.

 

are you gonna bark all day little dog or are you gonna bite? Reservoir dogs kicks ***


both equally impressive cars, STI front end hasn't grown on me yet, and probably never will.

 

Every car is a couple tenths of a second slower out here cuz of the heat and a lil elevation. Most of the time they test cars where it is near sea level and the temp is around 72 degrees.