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Motor Trend - America's Best Handling Car: The Winner - Audi R8 - 09-01-2008, 09:55 PM



If handling were simply about lap times and lateral-g numbers, the awesome Dodge Viper ACR would have run away with this test. But as our data show, and as Randy Pobst confirmed, handling is about nuance and consistency. If you look closely at the graphs, the diagrams, and the computer traces from our objective testing, three cars consistently produced the smoothest curves, or the most closely grouped data points: Audi R8, BMW M3, and Nissan GT-R. And two of those three-the R8 and the M3-figured right at the top of Pobst's subjective rankings. Before we get to our winner, though, let's review the finishing order from 10th place on up.
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Re: Motor Trend - America's Best Handling Car: The Winner - Audi R8 - 09-02-2008, 01:25 AM

Audi has proven with the R8 that they can design and build a car which is top of the class in driving dynamics.
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Re: Motor Trend - America's Best Handling Car: The Winner - Audi R8 - 09-02-2008, 03:52 AM

^ Definitely,BMW take note.
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Re: Motor Trend - America's Best Handling Car: The Winner - Audi R8 - 09-02-2008, 03:58 AM

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Re: Motor Trend - America's Best Handling Car: The Winner - Audi R8 - 09-03-2008, 10:01 PM

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If handling were simply about lap times and lateral-g numbers, the awesome Dodge Viper ACR would have run away with this test. But as our data show, and as Randy Pobst confirmed, handling is about nuance and consistency. If you look closely at the graphs, the diagrams, and the computer traces from our objective testing, three cars consistently produced the smoothest curves, or the most closely grouped data points: Audi R8, BMW M3, and Nissan GT-R. And two of those three-the R8 and the M3-figured right at the top of Pobst's subjective rankings. Before we get to our winner, though, let's review the finishing order from 10th place on up.
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