Let's take a guess at why the Datsun faired so poorly in the test. Ken
Miles raced MGs for years and the opening line in the Datsun write up says;
"The Datsun, being a Japanese product, is the odd man out in this test." It
goes on to say that all Japanese cars are really of British descendants.
Get the feeling that the deck was stacked before the test started?!
Paul Kort
----- Original Message -----
From: datsunmike <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
To: Paul <9laser3@bright.net>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: Next issue for the roadsters!
> Life is strange!
>
> I replaced my wall unit in my bedroom yesterday and guess what magazine I
> found - the Sept 66 issue of Car & Driver.
>
> Ken Miles, driver extradonaire, was the test pilot for the article and he
> rated the Alfa the best and the TR4 IRS the worst. The Datsun was
> pentultimate, with the MGB coming in second.
>
> After reading the review of the Datsun I don't know why it came in next to
> last (pentultimate) as he scored it well and it had by far the best
brakes.
> He wasn't too fond of the suspension tuning however.
>
> Mike
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