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Old 07-02-2015, 08:41 AM
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I was in the US and bought a copy of Motor Trend, their acceleration times for both cars seem way better than what I see in British Mags. How does that work?

They seem to like the MX5 a lot.

Anyone got the test drive offer ?

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The U.S. mile shorter than the UK mile....
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Old 07-02-2015, 10:03 AM
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Most likely a CofE 0-60 rather than a Roman Catholic 0-62...
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Obvious really
Everything is faster and more powerful in the US
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I drove a Camaro in the US recently. I'm amazed how little acceleration they get out of a massive V8.
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Originally Posted by chastmeister
I drove a Camaro in the US recently. I'm amazed how little acceleration they get out of a massive V8.

you sure it wasnt the v6 version....my vxr8 which has the same engine/chassis...ect, accelerates just fine
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I've seen the 0-60 times of the GT86/BRZ/FRS quoted as 6.2, 6.7, 7.2 and 7.6.

This is what you get with an exhaust, induction kit and remap with launch control:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=939Grdvphaw
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Full linky:

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...#__federated=1
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Some of the US magazines use a rolling start (historical reasons due to poor traction, slushboxes etc) and yes, only go to 60. So YTMV...

But it's such a useless stat, WGAF?
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