In the July issue of Car and Driver, the BMW M3 coupe beat the Nissan GT-R in a comparison test.  I couldn't understand how this happened, or even why they'd be comparing the two, until I found a copy of this letter:

Dear Nissan,

We want to apologize for not having the GT-R win our last comparison.  Please don't feel bad.  The GT-R really is a great car but since BMW is secretly our parent company, they demanded that their M3 win another comparison.  Actually, we are contractually obligated to have a BMW win at least four comparisons a year….