that where the 10/02 "issue date" comes from, that is the issue of whatever magazine it was. also, if you go by those times, the RX-8 beats us by a mere 10th of a second in both 0-60 and in the 1/4 mile according to the same magazine's test. ( i remember looking that up and mentioning it on this forum a long time ago, but i'm too lazy to look up the thread right now.)