Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine
To be fair,,,,,,,,,,,some of the automotive and performance car magazine
writers were a little 'jaded' in their views.
Of course, if the car was pulled off a dealer lot, or out of the showroom, and without a minor tuning and carb tweaking, the quarter-mile results
could be disastrous.
And if the driver was weak with the 4-speed shifting, another calamity
could occur when logging 1/4 mile times.
On the magazine automotive editor front, Motor Trend Magazine did try to put a proper driver behind the wheel, to get the lowest possible elapsed time with a stock car.
Motor Trend did question Chrysler-Plymouth's claim of 14.00's @ 100 MPH,
and did prove it 'false', when the 383 4-speed Road Runner with 3.55 gears that they tested,
only pulled 14.80's @ 96 MPH.
Thus giving the 1968 Pontiac GTO, the 1968 Motor Trend Car of the Year Award.
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