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Re: Car & Driver - Road Test: E63 Touring - 11-06-2006, 05:07 PM

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I don't think you guys understand how C&D gets their test results. They use the brake-torque method which will always get the lower numbers with cars with the kind of torque these mega-engined Mercedes have.
I did not know this

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When was it officially disclosed that the SL600 they tested was using a Maybach motor?
I believe it was in the article section of one of the magazines released by Road & Track. I'll take a look for it.

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Road and Track is a good magazine for sure, but why would U.S. magazines need to match European ones?
Nobody is saying they need to match European magazines because they most certaintly do not, but from my experience Road & Track's figures have always lined up with European figures, something which i have not seen with Car & Driver. Now of course i am not saying European magazines are the bench mark, but they are my bench mark.
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