Fellas, I thought some of you might find this article interesting:
www.downsford.com/focusarticle.htm
Not that I'm paraniod but it does come from a Ford-sponsored site. Even though it credits Autoweek, I would like to see the full article with all photos and captions on a neutral website. Notice the MP3's large discrepancy between the left and right passes through the skidpad--a much larger difference than with any other car. Strange handling nuance or an injured car? Cornering prowess in general seems curiously low. I would have liked to see a slalom or emergency lane-change test.
Overall they were complementry to our car but stroked the SVT Focus to orgasm at the end. The SVT vs. the upcoming MPS Protege should be a dog fight. Realisticly, it seems there's nothing else close.
Also, in the Road and Track article expousing our ride as one of the Eight Best handling Cars on the Planet, the test car is riding on P-Zeros. Is anyone we know riding P-Zeros? I'd like to know how they like them.
As an aside, I explored a new Civic Si last night. I really love the seats (especially the material, which I will speculate as being close to that of which the MPS Protege's Sparcos will be constructed) and the shifter, though awkward looking, seems to work like a charm. Beyond that, though, the rest seems rather boring. I've now seriously explored the all the competition in the last two weeks (Civic Si, Tiburon V6, GTi VR6 and 1.8t, SE-R V-spec, SVT Focus) and, though it's been a year of new entries since I bought mine and I could afford more, I still can't find a single good reason to switch. I'm still amazed by the value, exclusivity, and class of our cars.
www.downsford.com/focusarticle.htm
Not that I'm paraniod but it does come from a Ford-sponsored site. Even though it credits Autoweek, I would like to see the full article with all photos and captions on a neutral website. Notice the MP3's large discrepancy between the left and right passes through the skidpad--a much larger difference than with any other car. Strange handling nuance or an injured car? Cornering prowess in general seems curiously low. I would have liked to see a slalom or emergency lane-change test.
Overall they were complementry to our car but stroked the SVT Focus to orgasm at the end. The SVT vs. the upcoming MPS Protege should be a dog fight. Realisticly, it seems there's nothing else close.
Also, in the Road and Track article expousing our ride as one of the Eight Best handling Cars on the Planet, the test car is riding on P-Zeros. Is anyone we know riding P-Zeros? I'd like to know how they like them.
As an aside, I explored a new Civic Si last night. I really love the seats (especially the material, which I will speculate as being close to that of which the MPS Protege's Sparcos will be constructed) and the shifter, though awkward looking, seems to work like a charm. Beyond that, though, the rest seems rather boring. I've now seriously explored the all the competition in the last two weeks (Civic Si, Tiburon V6, GTi VR6 and 1.8t, SE-R V-spec, SVT Focus) and, though it's been a year of new entries since I bought mine and I could afford more, I still can't find a single good reason to switch. I'm still amazed by the value, exclusivity, and class of our cars.
, that's no fun. He drove my MP3 and really, really liked it he just gripped about the lack of power.
