No Muria or Countach ever sold was as fast as Bobby Wallace made one go for the car mags.... Some degree of this has been going on since the Roman dealers were selling charriots.
I also call BS on the guy that he can't drive a Ferrari street car without express permission from "the factory". How self important does he think he is as a writer? Some of those guys write about a cars oversteer understeer weight transfer 9/10th bla bla bla when all the did was hustle up an entrance ramp in traffic. If all the testing is monitored by lap tops it's because they can show the telemetry of some would be racer writer who was a total hack drive when he broadcasts world wide what a pig the car was. Even mag tests in the 60's had data wheels clamped to the rear bumper for real stats, not some seat of the pants analysis that could slander a new model.
Lets hear the other side of the story.
And if you think that's bad, read a boat magazine. The best water tests happen to be for the models with the biggest ads in the mag. Interesting...