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Old 02-14-2009, 02:41 PM
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This handling test is going to surprise the crap out of a lot of people.



















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No surprise, Honda knows how to make FWD cars to handle like RWD and like in this case, better.
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How old is this test? And what's the point of this?
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Yeah, but who remembers the best handling car OVER $30k in the following issue?
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Originally Posted by i_heart_my_DB8,Feb 14 2009, 08:55 PM
Yeah, but who remembers the best handling car OVER $30k in the following issue?
E36 M3?
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[QUOTE=CKit,Feb 14 2009, 07:45 PM]How old is this test?
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Originally Posted by MDXLuvr,Feb 14 2009, 09:54 PM
E36 M3?
That's correct. I remember reading that article. Hard to believe it was almost 12 years ago.
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But FWD no torque Hondas suck!!! At least that's the drum everyone beats around here.
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Why won't honda start selling the prelude again??

Same basic design, new interior, new vtech engine/ electric motor hybrid.
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BTW, I love these posts.

Shows how car makers can learn from old 'classic' driving machines.

Also, from this we can see how some companies 'forgot' how to make fun cars.
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