Motor Trend road test of the STaSIS Challenge Edition S4 - finally - hard data!

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Jun 14, 2011 | 09:52 AM

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Looking at that article in Motor Trend, it reads like a Stasis advertisement, though Stasis says the 0-60 number is 4.2 seconds & the article has 4.4 seconds. It would be more convincing if they compared a stock S4 & the Stasis S4.

http://www.stasisengineering.com/sig...ies-s4-30-2010

that's because Stasis probably paid for advertising in MT somewhere along the line with the condition being that a favourable review of their **** gets published. That's how this business works...it's not all Top Gear bashing everything they don't like!

Jun 14, 2011 | 10:10 AM

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Primetime had 13.06 stock, on a DSG S4 and under 12.9 with only the Strat intake. So far, the stock MT6 S4s seem to be capable of faster times than the stock DSG S4s. Time will tell, if this stays true.

Yep, primetime's car is fast, and faster than everybody else's car from what he's reported. It's not representative of what most are going to be able to run, though.

I agree - DSGs do seem to post slower times - there's no making up for the 4500 RPM clutch-drop that's possible with a manual trans.