Motor Trend's Best Handling Cars On The Market

Don Juan · 04-28-2007, 07:22 PM

June, 2007 issue of MotorTrend.
Compares the handling of the following cars.
These cars are listed in their order of finish, per the "expert" testing of MotorTrend magazine:

1) Porsche 911 GTS - $115,700

2) Porsche Cayman S - $63,300

3) Lotus Exige - $65,100

4) Mitsubishi EVO IXMR - $37,424

5) Mini Cooper S JCWGP - $31,150

6) BMW 335i - $42,675

7) Honda S200 - $34,845

8) MazdaSpeed 3 - $24,550

9) Corvette Z06 - $70,000 <------ :- (

10) Honda Civic Si - $21,885

clutch-monkey · 04-28-2007, 07:32 PM

seems accurate enough to me, they varied it enough so they have the best handling cars from each segment i guess.

Meio · 04-28-2007, 09:29 PM

They haven't got a fucking clue, the S2000 is notoriously tail happy.

They bum Porsche as well, which is a crime in my eyes.

clutch-monkey · 04-28-2007, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by dtorre

Why is the MS3 there instead of the 8?

maybe they like torque steer as a handling characteristic

car_boy_16 · 04-28-2007, 11:20 PM

Bullshit list..sorry.

OE800 · 04-28-2007, 11:28 PM

thats why i dont read motor trend. that 911 GTS looks pretty sweet.

Skiptomylue · 04-29-2007, 12:21 AM

agreed.. im sorry.. there is no way that the FWD Hatchback has better handling then the Rx8....and the z06 i think would have better handles then the s2000...

Don Juan · 04-29-2007, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by car_boy_16

Bullshit list..sorry.

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Originally Posted by OE800

thats why i dont read motor trend. that 911 GTS looks pretty sweet.

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Originally Posted by Skiptomylue

agreed.. im sorry.. there is no way that the FWD Hatchback has better handling then the Rx8....and the z06 i think would have better handles then the s2000...

I agree...

Spank666 · 04-29-2007, 12:37 AM

As much as I like Porsche, I honestly doubt a 911 GTS or a Cayman S can outhandle an Exige.

Y2K_MASTER · 04-29-2007, 01:00 AM

the better question is though, can they handle me? :devil:

El Jarretto · 04-29-2007, 01:47 AM

Mini Cooper>MS3>Z06
Impossible, that would create a rift in the time space continuim.

Sylvestre · 04-29-2007, 02:25 AM

where is the Elise? the Rs4? the STi?

Noway can a BMW 335i out handle any of these cars let alone a mini cooper or MS3, wtf are these so called "experts" smoking? LOL at the civic

TakeAdvntgeOfMe · 04-29-2007, 03:10 AM

Whats the difference between the civic si and normal civic? my friend has one of those new civics..i drove it on a loooonnggg trip
it handles horribly

Meio · 04-29-2007, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by El Jarretto

Mini Cooper>MS3>Z06
Impossible, that would create a rift in the time space continuim.

Why? Remember it's a list of best handling, not overall performance. You might ask, 'which do I trust to stay on the road when I slam round a mountain hairpin at 60?'

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Originally Posted by Sylvestre

where is the Elise? the Rs4? the STi?

Noway can a BMW 335i out handle any of these cars let alone a mini cooper or MS3, wtf are these so called "experts" smoking? LOL at the civic

I'm guessing that the Exige stands in for the Elise (as it's essentially an Elise with a roof, hence probably more rigid). They felt that they had to pick one rally bred turbo saloon. hence no STi. And maybe the Audi is a bit too dull for such a list.

Oh and the Mini beats the Beemer in the list.

Where are the lightweights? No 7? No SR8? No Atom?

clutch-monkey · 04-29-2007, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Meio

Where are the lightweights? No 7? No SR8? No Atom?

well, the list is for real cars only as i see it, not barely livable track specials where you can't drive it if it rains

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Meio Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: East End Posts: 1,854	They haven't got a fucking clue, the S2000 is notoriously tail happy. They bum Porsche as well, which is a crime in my eyes.

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