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NisFan
03-13-2006, 04:13 AM
Toyota, Honda must fess up to less vroom

New testing standards force carmakers to reduce claims

Link to news: Auto Insider (http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060313/AUTO01/603130350/1148)

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Aha! Toyota Avalon is now rated at 268HP and not 280HP. RL is at 290HP and TL at 258HP.

Toyota and Honda http://forums.freshalloy.com/images/graemlins/nopity.gif

Nissan and others: http://forums.freshalloy.com/images/graemlins/party.gif
maximafanatic101
03-13-2006, 05:21 AM
ha thats funny. Nissan will probaly be on top again with its 07 maxima and Altima increasing their horsepower and not lieing about it.
M_TYPE_X
03-13-2006, 08:09 AM
Nissan has to fall in the same basket. The [American, esp. Detroit] media simply chooses to ignore Nissan.
NissT
03-13-2006, 09:17 AM
ha thats funny. Nissan will probaly be on top again with its 07 maxima and Altima increasing their horsepower and not lieing about it.


No one was "lieing" about HP numbers. There was an old standard and now there is a new standard.
And by the way, Toyota and Honda re-tested voluntarily... and Nissan has yet to do it AFAIK.
camber
03-13-2006, 09:28 AM
The V8 VK in the FX went up in power but I don't think Nissan has has done the VQ variants or QR.
NissT
03-13-2006, 10:13 AM
They'll probably just wait till the full redesign. Which isn't a bad marketing move.
CX35
03-13-2006, 08:10 PM
yeah they will adjust the ratings as new models are released... feels like 6 months ago when this was news. http://forums.freshalloy.com/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Toyota and Honda switched their ratings fall last year like Ford and GM... any news as to whether DCX will follow through. http://forums.freshalloy.com/images/graemlins/confused.gif
SukairainKupe
03-13-2006, 11:18 PM
So sad, even Nissan lied about their HP on the vehicles. We all knew full well the 03 Altima made more than 245hp, 03 G35 sedans were making way more than the claimed 260hp. Then there is the new 298hp G35 that we all know is BS as well.

Still, nothing beats the liar liar king - Mazda.
ZYAL8R808
03-14-2006, 09:51 AM
So sad, even Nissan lied about their HP on the vehicles. We all knew full well the 03 Altima made more than 245hp, 03 G35 sedans were making way more than the claimed 260hp. Then there is the new 298hp G35 that we all know is BS as well.

Still, nothing beats the liar liar king - Mazda.



http://forums.freshalloy.com/images/graemlins/iagree.gif I've always thought Nissan's were making more power than advertised. Altima's with 250HP are running faster than they should.

Funny you point out Mazda. They've had two "recalls" due to horsepower ratings being off. And that was years ago and not because of new standards on how to test HP.
Deathmage
03-21-2006, 08:57 PM
haha, that's pretty funny. I think the next Supra will have 187 hp and will come out in 2015.