Ok Guys before you read on or open the links below please be open minded as im only publishing the facts and figures.
For those who are purely after facts and only believe wats on paper here are 2 documents you will find interesting
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~cpet...rtivo-test.pdf
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~cpet...tivo-test2.jpg
Both of the tests are the sportivo against the 2.0L type-r civic AND NOT any of the civic's we get in Australia. The one with the DC5R engine i believe as its specs are almost the same as the DC5R engine: 147kw & torque is a bit more. By the way they are using the other metric system for torque i.e. 145 * 1.353 = 196 NM a bit more torque ! Also shown as 196NM in the jpg.
I have taken two quotes out of the pdf if you dont wish to read through it all.
we managed an impressive 0-62mph time of just 7.8 seconds. This is all the more amazing as Toyota claims 8.4 seconds and our test was hampered by a wet track. In the dry the Corolla would be quicker still.
The saturated test track was no place to find out how fast the Honda could get off the line. It simply couldn’t put its power down in the wet. A best 0-62mph time of 8.3 is a long way short of what this car can achieve in the dry. Honda claims 0-62mph in 6.8 seconds
From these quotes it might indicate why the second tests times are so quick for the civic as it probably was done in the dry and they were able to get the power to the tarmac.
Now you might say well the sportivo only gained 0.1 seconds but if you read the pdf they disabled the traction control to get the 7.8 in the wet. In Aus we dont get traction control so who knows maybe the JPG's test was done with the traction control on and it was dry ? Does that prove anything ? Maybe. Driver maybe who knows ? Again keep an open mind.
What does this all prove ? I think the Aussie testers for the magazines have no idea what they are doing if they are like 0.5 second out and potentially even more as we have a test performed by a HSV test driver who recorded a 6.9 0-100. Ok the stivo wasnt stock just CAI & extractors but still that a lot of a gain from 8.4 ??? Hmmm gets you thinking doesnt it.
