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Originally Posted by nastyboxster
... When they post 0-60 results, it's on the average time of a good driver...
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Hi,
Actually, when a Manufacturer does Testing for Publishable Stats, they optimize
everything in their Favor. A friend works with Lambo's US Advertising Agency and was present when Lambo did the Testing for the Mucielago.
They had the Car at Monza for a week. Removed all interior panels, the Passenger seat and sideview Mirrors, ran an upgraded ECU and Intake/Exhaust on Race Rubber with no more than 8 Ltrs. of fuel.
Giancarlo Fisichella, the former Bennetton F1 Driver performed the Tests. They ran in the Morning - when Air Resistance was highest, but Track Temps were lowest and in the afternoon when the opposite conditions existed until they got the best numbers they could find, which then went on to be published. BTW, they blew 3 motors in the process! The same is true of Aerodynamics Testing, all exterior appendages are removed (Side Mirrors, Rain Gutters, Antenae, Flaps, etc.) and the Car is lowered before the Wind Tunnel Testing begins.
You have to remember, it takes $$$$ to bring a new design to Market. The Manufacturers need to get figures which at worst compete, or at best exceed those of their competitors. You can't Market a DUD.
All the figures published in all the Car Mags are optimized (ever notice how the Mag Staff rarely approaches these numbers?) and you won't ever achieve them with a Stock - Off-the-Lot Car no matter how Good
you are...
Happy Motoring... Jim'99