In the May 07 issue they rated five cars and here is how they rated in the order.

1. MazdaSpeed 3 GT
2. Volkswagen GTI
3. Mini Cooper S
4. Nissan Sentra Se-R Spec-V
5. Subaru Impreza WRX TR

They said the WRX was a senior citizen.

anyone else see this report and what do you think of this?

 

+1 on losing their minds! the impreza should have been in at least the top 2 if not 1st on the list. ive driven the new GTI and the spec-v and their quality is not on par with the impreza.

 

it just depends on which manufacture has paid C&D more money

 

the funniest thing is the base price for the WRX is the same and all the others were at least 2000 higher.
low end WRX vs top end competition.

 

yea i never take car and driver too seriously, they have very biased opinions.

 

i've driven the new gti...i actually really like it :-X

 

I actually dropped my subscription to them last year, they really have some strange editorial attitudes and I just got tired of reading their crap.

 

Thats strange. This is their Feb 07 issue WRX wins a 10 car shoot out

http://www.caranddriver.com/features...preza-wrx.html

2007 Subaru Impreza WRX - Features 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
First Place: The Quickest Cars of 2007: $20,000 to $25,000: 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX
Introduction
Ninth Place (tie): 2007 Pontiac G6 GT 3.9
Ninth Place (tie): 2007 Saturn Aura XR
Eighth Place: 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged
Seventh Place: 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT
Sixth Place: 2007 Volkswagen GTI
Fifth Place: 2007 Saturn Ion Red Line
Fourth Place: 2007 Nissan Altima 3.5SE
Third Place: 2007 Mazdaspeed 3
Second Place: 2007 Toyota Camry V-6
First Place: 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX


PHOTOGRAPHY BY AARON KILEY


Base price: $24,620
0-to-60-mph time: 5.6 sec
Quarter-mile time: 14.3 sec @ 96 mph

For more than a decade, we’ve sampled a steady stream of hot Subaru Imprezas, and every one of them has been as much fun as free-Jägermeister night at the Hazelden Clinic. With its growling flat-four having been expanded by half a liter for 2006, the pug-nosed WRX has taken a blessed step toward curing its most obvious fault: turbo lag. No longer is this muscular little cur quite as slow-witted at step-off. No longer must you apply throttle so far in advance of a turn’s exit.

And did you notice that this Subaru will clobber 60 mph in 5.6 seconds? That’s as quick as a Dodge Charger R/T Hemi. Thing is, the WRX is twice as much fun in the hills, where it treats its operator to mini four-wheel drifts, then scrubs velocity neutrally and confidently, making you feel like Petter Solberg in a WRC video game.

The WRX offers perfect seats, 360-degree visibility, light steering that telegraphs road textures, a short-throw shifter, and so much suspension travel that the resulting cushy ride reveals the chassis’s rally roots. Then there’s the standard 4wd, making “Rex” an obvious choice for us pale and beleaguered Snowbelters.

The WRX may look like Patton’s bulldog with a cleft palate, but just try to buy more fun for less than 25 grand. Rabies shots included.

VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, 4-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door sedan

BASE PRICE: $24,620

ENGINE TYPE: turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 16-valve flat-4, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 150 cu in, 2457cc
Power (SAE net): 224 bhp @ 5600 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 226 lb-ft @ 3600 rpm

TRANSMISSION: 5-speed manual

DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 99.4 in
Length: 175.8 in
Width: 68.5 in
Height: 56.7 in
Curb weight: 3175 lb

C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 5.6 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 15.8 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 36.3 sec
Street start, 5–60 mph: 6.8 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 14.3 sec @ 96 mph
Top speed (drag limited): 145 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 175 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.83 g

FUEL ECONOMY:
EPA city/highway driving: 20/27 mpg

 

Yeah, that comparison confused me considering how much they apparently liked the WRX in the past. The above mentioned and another titled "cheap speed" from a year or two ago.

 

Yep that is probably the reason......c&d couldnt extort any money from subaru hence on the bottom of the list..............dont blame subaru for not caving into this fish rag because as we all know, subaru's sell themselves...dont need no stinking magazine.

 

I want to write in and ask how they took the lowest WRX and the top end of the other four cars and compared them. I know price came into it, but the WRX limited is less that the GTi was tested at.

 

Old news....

but yes, last place is a pretty far stretch considering the competition.

 

Magazine came out like a week ago...

 

I'm one of those peoplz that still looks on nasioc :looks ashamed:

 

Not ashamed. I just saw the article today and wanted to get others opinions. Sorry i am a week old.
I also dont really go to Nasioc