On Friday, May 31, 2002, at 10:25 , John F. Kelly Jr. wrote:
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> Message text written by Kevin Stevens
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> "Yeah, but they also admitted it was a ringer in that group as they
> didn't consider it a viable street car under the terms of their test.
> It would do well in any handling comparison, but there are some other
> purpose-built cars that would show up well too.
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> KeS"
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> Perhaps the deal was R&T's subtle way of responding to a Lotus request
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> "space" which relates to the introduction in 2003 of a roadable and
> licensable Elise model.\
> And, thus, advertising will follow. Business? Oh no. <G>
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> --John Kelly
It's always humorous to read the various "shootouts" in the magazines.
Here's the recipe as I see it:
First, they collect exactly 80% of the contenders.
Then, they pick test criteria with 80% consistency (power, weight,
handling, braking, number of available colors).
Then they pick a test group of 80% consistency (usually four journalists
and one professional, or the reverse).
Then they randomly assign point criteria to the various metrics.
Then they carefully test each car and add up the random values.
Then they ignore the values and vote on which car they like best.
If an editor is in the group, and his car doesn't win, he simply writes
a separate article on why it was the best anyway.
;)
KeS
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