More skewed magazine results.....

Had some people ask about other magazine tests I didn't like besides the "Bandit vs General Lee."  It's not a matter of liking or not liking the results, it's a matter of objectivity. The numbers don't lie. So how is it that the car with best performance numbers doesn't win?  Because the magazine writers vote for their favorites no matter what. Car and Driver loves German cars. Anytime there's a comparo between American, Japanese, and German cars they always call the BMW, Mercedes, or Audi the winner. Even if the numbers don't bear this out. The worst was the article called "America's M3".  A base model Mustang GT which had 412 hp and cost $32,000 ran a faster lap time around Willow Springs Raceway than a $64,000 414 hp BMW M3. The 0-60 and 1/4 mile times were within 1/10 of a second and the braking distance was within 10 feet. Basically-the Mustang was equal to or better than the Bimmer in every performance category and cost half as much, yet they rated the BMW # 1!!!  Ditto for a "Supercar Shootout". Even though a Nissan GTR blew the doors off an Audi R8, a Corvette Z06, and a Porsche 911 Turbo in almost every category-the 911 had the shortest braking distance-they declared the R8 the winner. Car Craft was so bad that angry readers wrote in and said they should change the name to "Chevy Craft". For the same reason-they declared a Chevy the winner every time. In the early 90's they tested a '92 Mustang GT against a '92 Z/28. Even though the Mustang had a quicker 1/4 mile time, a higher top speed, and cost 3 grand less, they declared the Camaro the winner.  Their worst one was a "Crate Motor Shootout" a few years ago. They put up a 345 hp ZZ3 350 crate engine in a '69 Camaro with a 4-speed  against a 345 hp 302 Ford SVO crate engine in an '84 Mustang GT and a 360 hp Mopar Performance 360 in a Duster. The Duster blew the doors off both of them in the 1/4. The Mustang was the second fastest and the Camaro last. Not that the Camaro was slow-it ran something like a 12.85-but the Mustang ran a 12.47 and the Duster ran a blistering 12.11. They derided the Duster because it had a choppy idle!!!  Gee, guys a cam with .513 lift and 284 duration will do that! And were we not testing "Apples to Apples-that's why the hp ratings were so close-Ford offered a 351 with 385 hp and a 351-based 392 stroker with 450. Chevy offered a 383 with 425 hp and Mopar offered a 408 inch 360 based stroker with over 400. They were trying to keep it as fair and even as possible. Mopar guys had a right to be pissed. The Mustang was a gutted race car that weighed only 2,800 lbs and the Camaro had a 4-speed and 4.11:1 gears. The Duster had a Torqueflite and 3.55:1 gears and a full interior. And it still prevailed. Yet the CC writers all 3 said they liked the Camaro best. Like it all you want-but it was not the winner of this shootout!!!  Anyhow we all wish they'd be more objective. Like whatever cars you want-but when it gets beaten fair and square take it like a man, not like a kid with "Calvin" pissing on a Ford or Chevy emblem!!  Just had to vent that. Mastermind