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By 0–60 mph (97 km/h) (less than 3.0 s) [ edit ] Many elements change how fast the car can accelerate to 60 mph. [ ii ] [ iii ] Tires, elevation above sea level, weight of the driver, testing equipment, weather conditions and surface of testing track all influence these times. [ 3 ]
Quickest 0 to 200 km/h (0 to 124 mph) with 1 foot rollout – 4.42 seconds – Rimac Nevera [54] Quickest 0 to 300 km/h (0 to 186 mph) with 1 foot rollout – 9.22 seconds – Rimac Nevera [ 54 ] Quickest 0 to 400 km/h (0 to 249 mph) with 1 foot rollout – 20.68 seconds – Koenigsegg Regera (with non-standard Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R ...
Jalopnik has said that launch control systems appearing on production exotic cars in the 2010s have made published 0 to 60 times invalid, since these cars have slower times from 5 mph to 60 mph. [5] Some car magazines and manufacturers in the United States use a rolling start allowance term "1-foot rollout", which means that the timer is only ...
A Suzuki GSX-R1000 at a drag strip – a 2006 model once recorded a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.35 seconds. This is a list of street legal production motorcycles ranked by acceleration from a standing start, limited to 0 to 60 mph times of under 3.5 seconds, and 1 ⁄ 4-mile times of under 12 seconds.
The publication noted that the car took 37.5 seconds to go from 0–60 MPH, ... [139] TheStreet.com ranked it 15th in its list of the 20 Worst Cars of All Time ...
1:43.0 – Porsche 944 (May's car in the '£1500 Porsche' Challenge.) 1:44.0 – Porsche 924 (Hammond's car in '£1500 Porsche' Challenge, time not stated, but they did say it was slower than May's 944. Hammond's score on the board stated he scored -9 points in the challenge, meaning he finished 9 seconds over the target time of 1:35.0.)
It has 425 bhp (317 kW; 431 PS) and has been reported to do 0–60 mph (0–97 km/h) in as little as 2.97 seconds. Car and Driver (March 2007) achieved a 0–60 mph time of 3.3 seconds and a 0–100 mph time of 7.52 seconds. Although often listed as 0-60 mph in 3.5 seconds, the M400 generally comes in at 3.2 seconds according to various ...
As to why 60 mph was chosen, I can't be sure but my recollection is also that 60 mph was commonly the highway speed limit in English-speaking countries at the time. Incidentally, 0-100-0 mph was also a common performance measure for higher-performance cars, in those days.--Tedd 17:20, 17 May 2010 (UTC)