Variance 0 Posted October 23, 2005 I came across this old Motor Trend comparsion with BMW vs Olds. See what happens. WARNING!: Black and white :o http://home.comcast.net/~coreysciuto/bin/trofeobmw.pdf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flybrian 0 Posted October 23, 2005 Trofeo kicks ass. Period. Plus, it doesn't look cheap. Give me the Olds. Digital cluster, big car handling, touch screen and all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razoredge 0 Posted October 23, 2005 That was a good artical, I felt they were fair and was surprised. I will point out that where the Trofeo fell short in acceleration performance there is more than the weight difference, which they did mention. The BMW had 4.10:1 final drives :blink: - this is near what guys put in American cars for drag racing. The Trofeo has 2.97:1 which is more closely related to pararie gears. If the Trofeo would have had 4.10:1 ratio it would have spanked the BMW raw. The difference in RPM's at speed will illustrate, I forgot to make note of speed but where the BMW would be turning 2600 the Trofeo would be idling along at 1550 so there goes the "fast reving" bull ! The Olds also benefited by this ratio in the gas milage department, which would have been down to BMWs with a lower gear ratio. 18/22 for BMW 18/27 for Trofeo Ive appreaciate your posting this artical. I have been wondering where some GM's fell in those days against what competition. It seems it still usually boils down to perception and they did a good job of driving that point home. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cory Wolfe 281 Posted October 23, 2005 Another past favorite of mine from Olds... :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
torobud 0 Posted October 24, 2005 I appreciate you posting that article a LOT! It would have been interesting to see the numbers for the Toro in '91 with the engine refinement (and 5 more Hp!) The gas milage jumps out at me too!! Even with 150K on the clock I was able to better than 30 MPG driving to Texas for the National Meet back in 2000 (or was it 2001?) and that was at 70MPH I loved that car... :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jry 1 Posted October 29, 2005 nice story. i would take the last year model trofeo anyday. do a few mods to get the horseys up and tighten it up a bit. thanks for the memories. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Delta Force79 56 Posted November 2, 2005 Thanks for posting this artical, very interesting results to say the least. I'll take a Trofeo any day of the week over the Bimmer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites