But by and by, as bed beckoned, this bounty of Bs became boring. And so we went to Mansfield. Lucky visitors to this slumbering metropolis near Mid-Ohio racetrack are hereby advised to dine at the creaky Oak Park Tavern, nestled in the woods just down the road a piece. Happily ensconced in the Oak Park's dimly lit dining room, we each ordered a solid "tuck-in" of beer, bread, soup, salad, steak, hash browns, vegetable, pie, and coffee. That's one of the rewards of taking a road trip in the Midwest: you get to eat like a serial killer.
Our road drives complete, we returned north to the Chrysler proving grounds in Chelsea, Michigan, for a full battery of instrumented tests. Rounding out our analyses were a series of hot laps around the Chrysler PG's beautiful new roadcourse—a fast and challenging test circuit commissioned by Chrysler's foot-to-the-floor president, Robert Lutz. Not surprisingly, the final scoring was close. But, as usually happens with duels, the victor was clear. You'll note that, this being Car and Driver, we're actually going to reveal which car that is.
Similar as they are, these two ninja coupes aren't clones. There's a notable size difference between the two coupes, too. The Z rides on a It doesn't look it, but it's a hefty car, weighing pounds—about pounds more than a Corvette. The Stealth is even heftier. Mounted on a And it's more than pounds heavier—the price to be paid for carrying the extra length and four-wheel drive.
LOWS: Wither-prone brakes, skimpy headroom, erratic cabin details. Each car has a comfortable and businesslike cockpit, with large analog gauges and handsomely contoured panels. The Stealth's dashboard, however, drew criticisms for its layout; some of the controls are hard to reach, some are mounted out of sight behind the wheel. And gauge illumination is either too much or not enough: the Stealth's turn signals are distractingly bright at night, yet its pictograph climate-control display is too dim during the day.
More troubling, the Stealth is marginal on headroom. The six-footers on our staff fit inside but complained of an intrusive headliner. Taller drivers had to recline the seat just to get behind the wheel. The Z's cockpit, in contrast, is almost flawless.
The materials are pleasing. The controls are easy to reach. The seats are supremely comfortable. The driving position is superb. The Z's headroom isn't exactly abundant, but there's noticeably more than in the Stealth.
When choosing a weapon for long-distance touring, you could pick either of these cars and come out a winner. With their sophisticated suspensions and bounteous power, these machines can suck up the miles at an astonishing rate without breaking a sweat. Neither car delivers a creamy ride, but in touring mode both offer good control while cushioning road shocks reasonably well.
Each car's sport mode, therefore, seems to exist only to placate "serious" drivers who must have a stiff ride to feel that their car is "handling. In cruise, the Stealth suffers a bit from its extremely tall gearing.
At 80 mph in fifth, the engine is burbling along at just rpm and can't immediately catch breath if you prod the throttle. Also, the gearbox itself was a source of some criticism—though light and smooth, the cable-linkage shifter feels loose when moving from gear to gear. Through the ups and downs and twists and turns of hilly rural Ohio, the Z's variable-speed power steering proved spectacular—well weighted, accurate, and honest.
The Stealth's steering earned good marks, too, though in slow corners it felt overly light. LOWS: Fade-away brakes, and uh, hmmmm The Z imo was the best balanced, no shame in running Just my opinion.
JDM23 - Lmao the Z couldn't hit 60 in under 5 seconds if it's life depended on it. What are you smoking? The VR4 was the only one that hit under 5s to 60 on record. I think you meant 5. And the gearing on a stock Z32 is trash as well. They're nice cars and handle well, but they're not fast, and it wasn't very fast even when it debuted. It got a 5s flat once, and never again, I'm guessing Nissan threw a hot test car since the rest of the times it got were slower than the others.
And that list of links wasn't supposed to say VR4 vs, It has all 4 beating the Z in multiple articles. It's not beating an STI, especially an older one. The launch alone would put car lengths on the Z. It would catch up mid-range but still not enough to actually pass. The Z was the slowest of the JDM cars stock and lost to its competition in The fastest ET it ever ran was These videos alone prove how much faster the VR4 is.
It also won in handling, the Z pulled. The Stealth weighed lbs more. Car and Driver states this is the fastest Z they've ever tested, and can't ever get these numbers again from the Z for over 4 years of testing. MW couldn't get the Z faster than It took him over a month to get the launch down. On the contrary. It is a big deal in a two-hour race. Since , it became hp and lbft. Wikipedia states that the 2G VR4 is faster. The new 6-speed, while notchy, was geared well and the extra horsepower and torque allowed it to out-accelerate most of its' rivals from a standing start to top speed.
It never tested below a It's an absolute monster. The power just flings you towards the horizon with eye-bleeding ferocity, while the suspension violently amplifies any ripple in the pavement. Stripped to bare metal inside, the record car is also incredibly loud, a V6 roar screaming backup vocals to an overwhelming tidal wave of hissing boost.
The fully manual brakes have the feel of steeping on a block of wood. It's an experience more to be survived than enjoyed, but driving this car does feel like a privilege. This ZX is a piece of history, a missile from a time when Japanese performance cars seemed without limit.
Nearly three decades later, you could park it next to a modern GT-R and Acura NSX, and it would still have more power than both combined. JUN Automaker, as the combined bodywork and tuning arms were now called, went on to underline their Bonneville success with more than twenty years of performance. It was a time when anything was possible.
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