Hot Hatches Alfa Romeo 147 GTA: 0-30mph: 2.45mph 0-60mph: 5.69secs 0-100mph: 14.10secs Reaction time: 0.27secs 100-0mph: 4.39secs Overall: 18.76secs Ranault Megane Sport 225: 0-30mph: 2.45mph 0-60mph: 6.03secs 0-100mph: 15.45secs Reaction time: 0.29secs 100-0mph: 4.45secs Overall: 20.19secs Honda Civic Type R: 0-30mph: 2.51mph 0-60mph: 6.76secs 0-100mph: 16.02secs Reaction time: 0.27secs 100-0mph: 4.64secs Overall: 20.93secs Renault Clio Sport 182: 0-30mph: 2.51mph 0-60mph: 6.73secs 0-100mph: 17.01secs Reaction time: 0.39secs 100-0mph: 4.55secs Overall: 21.95secs Peugeot 206 GTi 180: 0-30mph: 2.70mph 0-60mph: 6.96secs 0-100mph: 19.66secs Reaction time: 0.31secs 100-0mph: 4.39secs Overall: 24.26secs ------------------------------------------------------------------ Fast coupés LSV Monaro 440C: 0-30mph: 2.27mph 0-60mph: 5.09secs 0-100mph: 11.22secs Reaction time: 0.26secs 100-0mph: 4.82secs Overall: 16.30secs Vauxhall Monaro: 0-30mph: 2.39mph 0-60mph: 5.73secs 0-100mph: 13.28secs Reaction time: 0.31secs 100-0mph: 4.60secs Overall: 18.19secs Nissan 350Z: 0-30mph: 2.29mph 0-60mph: 5.91secs 0-100mph: 14.25secs Reaction time: 0.25secs 100-0mph: 4.22secs Overall: 18.72secs Mazda RX-8 228: 0-30mph: 2.51mph 0-60mph: 6.68secs 0-100mph: 16.51secs Reaction time: 0.30secs 100-0mph: 4.36secs Overall: 21.17secs Audi TT 3.2 DSG: 0-30mph: 2.37mph 0-60mph: 6.57secs 0-100mph: 16.56secs Reaction time: 0.28secs 100-0mph: 4.44secs Overall: 21.28secs Chrysler Crossfire: 0-30mph: 2.40mph 0-60mph: 6.94secs 0-100mph: 17.30secs Reaction time: 0.31secs 100-0mph: 4.47secs Overall: 22.08secs -------------------------------------------------------------------- The 4W-Derby Subary Impreza WR1: 0-30mph: 1.55mph 0-60mph: 4.59secs 0-100mph: 11.39secs Reaction time: 0.35secs 100-0mph: 4.64secs Overall: 16.38secs Mitsubishi EVO VIII FQ330: 0-30mph: 1.58mph 0-60mph: 4.58secs 0-100mph: 12.36secs Reaction time: 0.36secs 100-0mph: 4.60secs Overall: 17.32secs ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sports cars TVR T350T: 0-30mph: 2.08mph 0-60mph: 4.52secs 0-100mph: 9.95secs Reaction time: 0.06secs 100-0mph: 3.99secs (Woohooooooooooo!) Overall: 14.00secs Vauxhall VX220 Sprint: 0-30mph: 1.61mph 0-60mph: 4.29secs 0-100mph: 11.14secs Reaction time: 0.44secs 100-0mph: 4.17secs Overall: 15.75secs Alpina Roadster S: 0-30mph: 2.09mph 0-60mph: 5.03secs 0-100mph: 12.00secs Reaction time: 0.26secs 100-0mph: 4.39secs Overall: 16.65secs Lotus Elise 111R: 0-30mph: 1.84mph 0-60mph: 4.84secs 0-100mph: 12.33secs Reaction time: 0.38secs 100-0mph: 4.09secs Overall: 16.80secs Porsche Boxster S: 0-30mph: 1.95mph 0-60mph: 5.36secs 0-100mph: 13.00secs Reaction time: 0.43secs 100-0mph: 4.22secs Overall: 17.65secs ------------------------------------------------------------------- Clubsports Porsche 911 GT3: 0-30mph: 1.71mph 0-60mph: 4.20secs 0-100mph: 9.20secs Reaction time: 0.26secs 100-0mph: 4.00secs Overall: 13.46secs BMW M3 CSL: 0-30mph: 1.91mph 0-60mph: 4.62secs 0-100mph: 10.82secs Reaction time: 0.48secs 100-0mph: 3.95secs Overall: 15.25secs (BMW M3) (0-30mph: 2.01mph) (0-60mph: 5.00secs) (0-100mph: 12.12secs) (Reaction time: 0.31secs) (100-0mph: 4.61secs) (Overall: 17.04secs) Honda NSX Type-R: 0-30mph: 1.94mph 0-60mph: 4.91secs 0-100mph: 11.41secs Reaction time: 0.38secs 100-0mph: 4.41secs Overall: 16.20secs ------------------------------------------------------------------- Big Guns Lamborghini Gallardo: 0-30mph: 1.71mph 0-60mph: 4.13secs 0-100mph: 9.02secs Reaction time: 0.31secs 100-0mph: 4.32secs Overall: 13.65secs Lamborghini Murcielago: 0-30mph: 1.80mph 0-60mph: 4.00secs 0-100mph: 9.00secs Reaction time: 0.49secs 100-0mph: 4.41secs Overall: 13.90secs Mercedes CL65 AMG: 0-30mph: 2.22mph 0-60mph: 4.51secs 0-100mph: 9.02secs Reaction time: 0.32secs 100-0mph: 4.67secs Overall: 14.01secs Aston Martin DB9: 0-30mph: 2.09mph 0-60mph: 5.05secs 0-100mph: 10.21secs Reaction time: 0.28secs 100-0mph: 4.42secs Overall: 14.91secs ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Rufs RUF CTR: 0-30mph: 1.69mph 0-60mph: 3.65secs 0-100mph: 6.71secs Reaction time: 0.25secs 100-0mph: 4.89secs Overall: 11.84secs RUF R Turbo: 0-30mph: 1.76mph 0-60mph: 4.19secs 0-100mph: 8.50secs Reaction time: 0.31secs 100-0mph: 4.29secs Overall: 13.10secs --------------------------------------------------------------------- 0-100-0 FREAKS Suzuki GSX-R 1000: 0-30mph: 1.12mph 0-60mph: 2.64secs 0-100mph: 5.03secs Reaction time: 0.23secs 100-0mph: 5.63secs Overall: 10.89secs Ford Focus Rally Cross: 0-30mph: 1.08mph 0-60mph: 2.28secs 0-100mph: 4.74secs Reaction time: 0.83secs 100-0mph: 5.53secs Overall: 11.10secs MG Metro 6R4: 0-30mph: 1.40mph 0-60mph: 2.77secs 0-100mph: 6.37secs Reaction time: 1.01secs 100-0mph: 4.22secs Overall: 11.60secs Dax Rush: 0-30mph: 1.94mph 0-60mph: 4.05secs 0-100mph: 7.40secs Reaction time: 0.35secs 100-0mph: 4.15secs Overall: 11.90secs Z-Cars Mini: 0-30mph: 2.87mph 0-60mph: 6.08secs 0-100mph: 18.49secs Reaction time: 0.64secs 100-0mph: 4.87secs Overall: 24.00secs ------------------------------------------------------------------- Record Breakers Caterham R500 Evolution: 0-30mph: 1.45mph 0-60mph: 3.21secs 0-100mph: 6.92secs Reaction time: 0.21secs 100-0mph: 3.60secs Overall: 10.73secs (World Record!) Mosler MT900: 0-30mph: 1.87mph 0-60mph: 3.69secs 0-100mph: 7.45secs Reaction time: 0.10secs 100-0mph: 4.40secs Overall: 11.95secs -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Supercars Ferrari Enzo: 0-30mph: 1.79mph 0-60mph: 3.52secs 0-100mph: 6.69secs Reaction time: 0.21secs 100-0mph: 4.08secs Overall: 10.98secs Porsche Carrera GT: 0-30mph: 1.63mph 0-60mph: 3.72secs 0-100mph: 7.31secs Reaction time: 0.22secs 100-0mph: 4.10secs Overall: 11.63secs Pagini Zonda C12S: 0-30mph: 1.84mph 0-60mph: 3.74secs 0-100mph: 7.52secs Reaction time: 0.27secs 100-0mph: 4.05secs Overall: 11.84secs Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren: 0-30mph: 1.71mph 0-60mph: 3.82secs 0-100mph: 7.70secs Reaction time: 0.21secs 100-0mph: 4.10secs Overall: 12.13secs --------------------------------------------------------------------- Some of the figures are from previous events(Zonda, Murcielago etc) Top 5 acceleration: 0-100mph (Real cars) 1: Ferrari Enzo (6.69secs) 2: RUF CTR (6.71secs) 3: Caterham R500 Evolution (6.92secs) 4: Ariel Atom 275 (7.05secs) 5: Porsche Carrera GT (7.31) Top 5 Brakes: 100-0mph (Real cars) 1: Caterham R500 Evolution (3.60secs) 2: BMW CSL (3.95secs) 3: TVR T350T (3.99secs) Woohoo! 4: Porsche 911 GT3 (4.00secs) 5: Pagini Zonda C12S (4.05secs) Overall winner: Caterham R500 Evolution
No shock here; and aside from all the numbers craze, it's the most beautiful car in that whole list, HANDS DOWN.
One of the more interesting things to note in the data is that almost all of the braking times are in the 4.0-4.5 second range, with a few outliers. Huge disparity in terms of cost, horsepower, even power/weight, but to think that a half second covers 90% of the field - in braking. Guess modern tires are miracle workers! vty, --Dennis
Ford Focus Rally Cross: 0-30mph: 1.08mph 0-60mph: 2.28secs 0-100mph: 4.74secs Reaction time: 0.83secs 100-0mph: 5.53secs Overall: 11.10secs what year is this focus??? 0-60 in 2.28 Seconds!!!!?? any pics too??
Think either 2000 or 2001 Spec WRC Focus minus the turbo inlet restrictor. And BANG 600hp 600lbft of torque has a matter of fact if all the WRC cars didn't have the inlet restrictor they all would produce the horsepower figures of the 'Killer' Bees Group B cars of the '80s. The modern WRC car get 0-60 on either gravel or tarmac spec in the three second range. Mid three's for the tarmac and high three's for gravel spec.
Arg... NSX needs more HP... that is just sad. I wish they would throw a turbo on the Type-R and drop the o-100 time by 3 seconds.
I'd love to see how the McLaren F1 compared to these. Its still the car thats regarded as the one that others need to aspire too.
I believe Autocar (could have been another mag) did a test of the McLaren F1 LM (the road version of the race car, with 680hp instead of just 627hp) and it didn't go very well as I remember, they got a pretty pitiful time, something like 11.7sec. Part of the problem was the F1's somewhat wooden brakes, but also; they couldn't get the tires to stop spinning...all the way up to 100mph through 3rd gear...even though they tried different tire pressures, and I think even different brands of tire. The 0-100mph time was pretty slow, for the F1, at around 6.6 or 6.8s, especially considering it has more hp and less weight than the roadcar Autocar tested to a 0-100mph time of 6.3 seconds... They also only did a few runs, either 3 or 5 and no run really satisfied Jonathan Palmer, the test driver, but they beat the then current record by a huge margin so they quit...:-( So, as a McLaren F1 fan, I would say a 0-100-0 time of 11.0sec wouldn't be out of the question, maybe even quicker, but it's mostly up to the tires, which don't provide enough grip for the horsepower and lock-up under the F1's non-ABS brakes.
Suzuki GSX-R 1000: 0-30mph: 1.12mph 0-60mph: 2.64secs 0-100mph: 5.03secs Reaction time: 0.23secs 100-0mph: 5.63secs Overall: 10.89secs i was looking at these numbers and compared them to everything with four wheels. that's pretty impressive that these cars are competative in a straight line with a motorcycle. the mclaren website reported the 0-100 time of the F1 to be 6.3sec. the link is to a detailed 0-100-0 table for the F1 LM. the F1 LM got a 0-100-0 time of 11.5sec. but let's not forget, this was in the mid 90s. http://www.mclarencars.com/content/sections/features/lmto100.htm
The LM creates a ton more downforce than the standard Mclaren which, along with the wheel spin probably accounts for the slower acceleration. I don't see it getting under 11 though. The Enzo barely did that and it is quicker to 100 and at this point definitely quicker back down to 0.
actually the LM has more HP and weighs less than the standard F1. so the faster acceleration numbers than the standard F1 is understandable. mclaren even says that the LM is the fastest accelerating road F1 built.
It apparently doesn't accelerate faster. I've only heard of a 0-60 of 3.3 and a 0-100 of 6.7 That makes it a tiny bit slower than the standard F1. Perhaps later when traction is less an issue it will zoom ahead, but early on the standard F1 actually has an advantage.
to me a difference of .2 or .3 seconds is trivial in measuring the 0-60 or 0-100 of any car. when it comes down to that it can be any number of things that make the difference. infact, when you are measuring times to the hundreth of a digit, does it really matter? it would if those digits were the end of a lap time, but in acceleration? if my car beat yours by .2 sec to 60 or 100, neither one of us would know the difference without that stop watch. there is a person on the board who knows an F1 owner and i believe the person also owns an enzo. the only fair comparison would be to stick both of them on a track and measure lap times or any other performance numbers you could come up with. i have yet to see a head to head comparison between the enzo and the f1 by any magazine. so a private test would have to suffice.
I don't think there is much chance it's slower than the standard F1...there are just no magazine tests (that I know of) besides that Autocar test, to show faster times. The tires were probably old and worn out, the track surface might have been sub-par, who knows the condition of the gear box and clutch, and they didn't give it that many chances...so there is definitely room for improvement. The LM weighs 72kg (158lb) less, has 53 more hp, shorter gears, and wider & lower profile tires...so I don't think there is much chance the roadcar is faster, I just think there haven't been any published acceleration tests that show its true potential.
I agree that .2 or .3 seconds is not much of a difference in the context of testing, that's how much acceleration times can vary between two different tracks with the same driver, and it can vary alot more with different drivers, but I disagree with this section of your post... I don't want to offend you...but it sounds like you haven't done much driving, otherwise you would know that .2 or .3sec is actually quite a big difference when you are racing...you definitely will know the difference...it will be a clear win. Here, I did a little math, at 100mph you cover 146ft every second, so 146x.3=44ft, meaning the person who is .3sec ahead of you at 100mph will be 44ft in front of you, or roughly 2 Enzo car lengths (taking into account the length of the car infront of you and measuring back to the front of your bumper). Two car lengths isn't a huge amount, but you will surely know the winner without a stop watch...
when i said that i didn't mean in the context of a racing or track environment. i meant by the seat of your pants feel. i've done a couple of track events and understand how much that tenth of a second matters. i guess i just wasn't clear about the context of it. if both of us were sitting in a car, and drove each of them seperately, one after another. measuring the times with a stop watch, neither of us would know the difference, unless we actually checked the time.