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Originally Posted by TwiBlueG35
Bias.
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That may be ture, I may be bias. However, if you look at the recent trend of HP adjustment beacuse of new SAE testing methods you will find a number of Toyota, Honda, Ford and other car makers LOWER their HP claims. To the best of my knowledge BMW has yet to lower their HP rating on a single car. This leads me to beleive that the makers that lowered their HP ratings are/were over estimating. Thoes makers that did not are more accurate. Here are a few examples:
Horsepower ratings Vehicle 2005 2006
Acura MDX 265 253
Acura RL 300 290
Acura RSX 160 155
Chevrolet Corvette LS7 500 505
Cadillac XLR 440 469
Ford Explorer* 210 210
Honda Civic 200 197
Lexus LS430 290 278
Pontiac G6 200 201
Toyota Corolla 130 126
Scion xB 108 103
I just did a search and found a article titled "Asians oversell horsepower." The numbers above are from that article. (
http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosins...A01-283759.htm) Now I know there is only one Lexus mentioned. The trend is what I'm more concerned with. Overall, cars from Japan lost more with the new testing standard. No mention of BMW losing one horse. You may call it bias...I call it a well supported opinion.