[Early_S_Man]

Super,

Haven't read it, either ...

The sun DID 'set' in the East in one 1967 John Wayne movie ...

But, most likely ... the two cars were probably tested at two different skid pads, perhaps, even, of different diameters ... and certainly not under identical conditions at the same time ... overcast or hot & sunny conditions can affect skid pad performance, just like qualifying times at Indy! The large skid pad at Weissach was later nicknamed the 'Can-Am' skidpad for obvious reasons, which allowed cornering speeds in the 80-90 mph range, instead of the usual 40 mph vicinity ... and is one of the largest in the world. Doesn't hold a candle, though, to GM Engineering's 'Black Lake' vacility of hundreds and hundreds of acres of asphalt!

Oh yeah, GM engineers have been known to put some 'specially selected' components on cars slated to be tested by national publications! Does anybody remember the '64 GTO 'ringer' that Pontiac sent to Car and Driver? The test numbers were something NEVER achieved by cars off the showroom floor at drag racing tracks accross the country, and Brock Yates continues to laugh to this very day about that little 'shenanigan,' which they knew about ... all along! Took him over twenty years to admit it, though!