Autoweek Test: 2007 G35 (also compared to 330i and IS350 at the track)
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Autoweek Test: 2007 G35 (also compared to 330i and IS350 at the track)
"Power is far more than ample both on the road and on the racetrack, where the G35 Sport felt more at home than did either the 330i or the IS provided for comparison. One clear advantage for the G35 over the BMW or the Lexus was found in Lime Rock’s first turn, a long sweeper called Big Bend. Where the Lexus felt soft and floppy, like a bigger luxury sedan, and the BMW declined to take a set and instead leaned over, released, and leaned again, the G35 buckled down and hustled through, assisted on exit by the Sport model’s standard viscous limited-slip differential.
Track-day drivers take note: Another on-track advantage was on the backside, No Name Straight, where both the German and Japanese competition found their six-speed automatics shifting up just when you didn’t want that, mere feet before the liftoff point. The Infiniti’s five-speed automatic may just have better gearing for the course, but its manual mode allows the driver to hold a gear right up to the rev limiter, not trying to out-think the driver.
This is appreciated, too, on the open road. We’d still prefer the manual transmission (though one we drove had a pronounced gear whine in the lower rpm ranges), but Infiniti’s is an automatic that an enthusiast can live with."
http://autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar.../60824005/1004
Track-day drivers take note: Another on-track advantage was on the backside, No Name Straight, where both the German and Japanese competition found their six-speed automatics shifting up just when you didn’t want that, mere feet before the liftoff point. The Infiniti’s five-speed automatic may just have better gearing for the course, but its manual mode allows the driver to hold a gear right up to the rev limiter, not trying to out-think the driver.
This is appreciated, too, on the open road. We’d still prefer the manual transmission (though one we drove had a pronounced gear whine in the lower rpm ranges), but Infiniti’s is an automatic that an enthusiast can live with."
http://autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar.../60824005/1004
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One clear advantage for the G35 over the BMW or the Lexus was found in Lime Rock’s first turn, a long sweeper called Big Bend. Where the Lexus felt soft and floppy, like a bigger luxury sedan, and the BMW declined to take a set and instead leaned over, released, and leaned again, the G35 buckled down and hustled through, assisted on exit by the Sport model’s standard viscous limited-slip differential.
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I don't think I have ever seen Autoweek on a newstand. It may only be a subscription magazine. I would definitely recommend it. It's nice to have weekly updates rather than monthly updates on the auto market.
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I get autoweek delivered electronically by www.zinio.com. It works and you get them earlier than anyone else.
The only bad part is that they are electronic so you don't have a portable paper copy.
The only bad part is that they are electronic so you don't have a portable paper copy.
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Originally Posted by zmzmzm
I get autoweek delivered electronically by www.zinio.com. It works and you get them earlier than anyone else.
The only bad part is that they are electronic so you don't have a portable paper copy.
The only bad part is that they are electronic so you don't have a portable paper copy.
What kind of Format is needed to view the Mag? Do they send u a PDF file?
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