"gettingoldercarguy" (gettingoldercarguy)
11/30/2018 at 04:30 • Filed to: None
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The new Veloster N is reviewed in a comparison test by Car and Driver against a Civic Type R. Not the more financially equal Civic Si with the factory handling package. Still, it does way better than I thought it would against that monster. Hyundai/Kia are really knocking it out of the park.
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> gettingoldercarguy
11/30/2018 at 05:45 |
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That’s kinda how C/D has always done it, they go for more similar performance rather than similar price. I remember them testing the Pontiac Solstice against the Boxster once in a similar test to this one...Boxster won, but Solstice (could have been a Saturn Sky, same thing) won a moral victory.
OmerCarrothers333
> That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
11/30/2018 at 10:16 |
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In a way their tests make sense. Especially with the Civic Type-R/Veloster N review, because thet’re both the full-kit machines. I also like how they mention that the Civic went up against the Focus RS, which went up against the STI and Golf R.
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gettingoldercarguy
> That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
11/30/2018 at 11:08 |
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Yeah, they do that a lot, but they also pick cars that are analogous to one another. The AMG gt c vs Aston Martin vantage and Porsche GT3. The Mercedes and Porsche were picked because they were close in price.
“The closest analogue to the Vantage is the third step, the GT C , which has a 47-hp advantage on the Aston but is $6086 cheaper to start.”
“It would be unfair to say that Porsche is champing at the bit for a rematch, since after that first meeting in 2006, 911s dispatched Vantages in two subsequent comparison tests. But if you’re looking at $150,000 sports cars with 500 horsepower... ”
I would like to hear how the Veloster N stacks up against the Civic Si. Both with their performance packages or even without.