Food for thought
02-22-2007, 07:32 PM
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Food for thought
May have already seen this, if so my bad. Thoughts? Any surprises?
January 2007
The Quickest Cars of 2007: $25,000 to $30,000. - Features 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11 Ten stoplight assassins on a moderate budget.
The Quickest Cars of 2007 Introduction
Tenth Place: Subaru Forester 2.5XT
Ninth Place: Pontiac Grand Prix GXP
Eighth Place: Pontiac Solstice GXP/Saturn Sky Red Line (manual)
Seventh Place: Chevrolet Impala SS
Sixth Place: Nissan 350Z
Fifth Place: Mazdaspeed 6
Fourth Place: Subaru Legacy 2.5GT
Third Place: Pontiac Solstice GXP/Saturn Sky Red Line (automatic)
Second Place: Ford Mustang GT >>> Quarter-mile time: 13.8 sec @ 103 mph (they kill me with this)
First Place: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution RS
BY JARED HOLSTEIN, PHOTOGRAPHY BY AARON KILEY, MORGAN SEGAL, AND THE MANUFACTURERS
For all the coolness of a car that goes 180 mph, that has about as much relevance to the average driver in this country as a 180-foot yacht. Accelerating from a start, on the other hand, is sort of legal in every state in the U.S., barring law-enforcement officers with an inflated sense of purpose (don't ask how we know about "Unsafe Start" statutes). Below are the 10 quickest vehicles available with a base price between $25K and $30K, ranked in order of 0-to-60-mph time. Ties were settled first by quarter-mile time, then by which was quicker to the highest speed both cars achieved (usually 120 or 130 mph), in that order. Most cars at this price point offer basic luxury or at least decent amenities and looks in addition to speed, as buck-banger boy-racer models are thousands less, maybe having something to do with the fact that burger-flipper wages haven't budged in nine years.
There's an arms race among auto manufacturers, with weapons of displacement, compression, and boost being waged segment- and industry-wide. It's no surprise that most entries in this list are not cut from traditional sports-car cloth; of the 10 vehicles here, one is an SUV and six have four or more doors.
January 2007
The Quickest Cars of 2007: $25,000 to $30,000. - Features 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11 Ten stoplight assassins on a moderate budget.
The Quickest Cars of 2007 Introduction
Tenth Place: Subaru Forester 2.5XT
Ninth Place: Pontiac Grand Prix GXP
Eighth Place: Pontiac Solstice GXP/Saturn Sky Red Line (manual)
Seventh Place: Chevrolet Impala SS
Sixth Place: Nissan 350Z
Fifth Place: Mazdaspeed 6
Fourth Place: Subaru Legacy 2.5GT
Third Place: Pontiac Solstice GXP/Saturn Sky Red Line (automatic)
Second Place: Ford Mustang GT >>> Quarter-mile time: 13.8 sec @ 103 mph (they kill me with this)
First Place: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution RS
BY JARED HOLSTEIN, PHOTOGRAPHY BY AARON KILEY, MORGAN SEGAL, AND THE MANUFACTURERS
For all the coolness of a car that goes 180 mph, that has about as much relevance to the average driver in this country as a 180-foot yacht. Accelerating from a start, on the other hand, is sort of legal in every state in the U.S., barring law-enforcement officers with an inflated sense of purpose (don't ask how we know about "Unsafe Start" statutes). Below are the 10 quickest vehicles available with a base price between $25K and $30K, ranked in order of 0-to-60-mph time. Ties were settled first by quarter-mile time, then by which was quicker to the highest speed both cars achieved (usually 120 or 130 mph), in that order. Most cars at this price point offer basic luxury or at least decent amenities and looks in addition to speed, as buck-banger boy-racer models are thousands less, maybe having something to do with the fact that burger-flipper wages haven't budged in nine years.
There's an arms race among auto manufacturers, with weapons of displacement, compression, and boost being waged segment- and industry-wide. It's no surprise that most entries in this list are not cut from traditional sports-car cloth; of the 10 vehicles here, one is an SUV and six have four or more doors.
02-22-2007, 10:05 PM
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RE: Food for thought
I think it was Car & Driver if I remember correctly. When you click on the car links thats what I see is Car & Driver Mags..
I knew how I felt about the write up but wanted to see what you guys thought..
Mind blowing what they write and how they write sometimes.
I knew how I felt about the write up but wanted to see what you guys thought..
Mind blowing what they write and how they write sometimes.
02-23-2007, 10:29 AM
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RE: Food for thought
johnnyv8--- ha ha your friend is gonna be pissed lol.
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I was thinking the same thing before I thought about it..
lol; i cant believe the Z came in 6th...lol/ and i know that car can run faster then a 14.2. Cant wait to till my friend
Gt did pretty well...there not the best drivers anyway
Gt did pretty well...there not the best drivers anyway
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why are the 0-60 times quicker than the 5-60 times?
02-23-2007, 12:37 PM
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RE: Food for thought
0-60 times are always faster than 5-60 times. I don't know the exact reason but from 0 your launching the car where as from 5 your rolling waaaayy low in the powerband. Theres a thread about this somewhere in either this section or the 2005,2006,2007 mustang area.