we where the audubon racetrack outside Chicago for the car xoxo motorWeek
performance Cup Challenge
our competitors are the BMW m4 the Cadillac ATSB
and Alexis RCF this is where we get most of our impressions acceleration braking
steering road holding overall dynamics let's take a look
and how they did but along about them for just how
dedicated can experience it is everything
is yes so tightly combed staring
Spansion the problem it's Justin overall
and no worries over rain on your rag the engine especially
it doesn't matter where you are coming out in a corner there is just
and on power and torque ball
the rocket
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the BMW continues to be the benchmark in this class for a reason
to get out on the track there's no learning curve no get to know you face
mister hammer in right away and the car place along
breaks are phenomenal the transmission or 1220 a power coming off the corners
I by far the most fun here
the BMW m4 is a great ball around car I really appreciate me a lot of torque
that it has
great acceleration you know
really high speeds but there are some downsides as well
Obama I was really disappointed in the performance of the automatic
transmission
in its automatic modes on the practical never seen me in the right gear
I munition while you were you know in a turn when you didn't want to
I ended up going to manual mode in just checking for myself
gone on to make an on and for his its
takes off note it's not the most pleasant sounding engine
a even among these three hits pretty
we kiss sounds like an economy more easily
on the inside sounds great can be augmented sounds coming in the stereo
like to roll down the windows and just not the greatest signing engine
the ATSB offers very good steering feel and its chassis is also very
communicative you always know where your
the limit is and when you're getting close to it no rato me had the manual
transmission
and for manuals pretty good we actually like the no lip ship $3 sure you keep
your foot plant on the gas and just
go to the next year mom and considering that only has six
gears when something the other cars here at seven or eight on it seem like it was
always in the right gear at the right time the ratios were well matched
I for this particular track boi ATSB
is just this close to being as
dedicated as them for stay rings a little thong
in the suspensions a little soft compared with than before but the fact
that it's just
that closes great especially for the value equation the ATSB
the RCF has a higher curb weight than the other cars
which you feel and it also has left or which shoes certainly feel given the
anyway
no
the automatic transmission we were all a little disappointed and its performance
on the street where it had some hesitation I think and its most
aggressive mode on the track it worked out
quite well definitely better than it did on the street but not
the best you can get RCSB 8 is the best sounding engine and a bunch
here it just had been
pretty high revving aggressive growl that
isn't much more Obama entertaining experience and then
the turbocharged six-cylinder from the other cars the RCF up a little over
match for this tract there's there's understeer that the other cars didn't
exhibit
I was hard to drive through the corner smoothly and it just didn't have the
power coming out the corners at the other ones did
being a red-blooded possibly redneck American a really wanna love the RCAF
with that BPA
but out of all the little shorter compared to the others
I really gotta get the revs up on the VA to gain power out over
and we have not quite as good a feel-good initially but the
moorlach to get an artiste are pushing doesn't quite hang with the recipes cars
but I prefer staffer really wanna see where like to stick to premiere
you
for more details on the day's results check out the performance could
challenge
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