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i think you're putting too much blame on Motortrend. Historically, they have favored GM so it really makes no sense for them to make an effort to put the Nismo at an advantageous position over the corvette. (Think back to how they favored the zr1 over the GTR, as well as the z28 Camaro). 9/10, they use cars that they can get their hands on, so it is incorrect in assuming that they chose the MT version of the corvette in order to afford the GTR the advantage with its dual clutch transmission. Also, the difference between how the Nismo is advertised versus how the corvette is advertised is as follows. Nissan explicitly state that in order for the GTR to perform as advertised, 93 octane is recommended. GM however advertises the corvette as producing 650hp and 650ft lbs of tq with the use of 91 octane if I'm not mistaken. So really, we have one manufacturer claiming that in order to achieve 'X' performance levels, you must use 'X' fuel where's as the other manufacturer claims that 'X' performance can be achieved using 'X' fuel, however under a pretense of uncertainty. This scenario is no different than the fiasco that happened with the first generation GTR's launch control system. I think nissan learned something from that...finally, the responsibility of ensuring that a product's functionality is at its absolute best is largely at the hands of the manufacturer, not the medium by which the manufacturer uses to test and advertise their product.
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