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How come 0 to 60 mph is 3.4 secs and 0 to 62 mph is 3.7 secs???
I know this is nitpicking but that's what everyone's been doing about the Turbo's numbers lately so I'm asking, why a third of a second to gain 0.2 mph?
Usually, it's 0.2 secs which I found rather long already.
I mean, shouln't 0 to 60 and 0 to 62 mph times be almost identical? At least to the decimal of second?
i was wondering about this one as well!
Yes and no one has replied bc I genuinely believe there is something wrong here from a mathematical point of view.
Already for all other cars there a time difference of 0.2 secs.
997S: 0 to 60 mph in 4.6 secs and 0 to 62 mph (100 kmh) in 4.8 secs!
Now with the Turbo:
0 to 60 mph in 3.4 secs and 0 to 62 in 3.7 secs?
Now seriously, what makes that car so slow to gain 0.3 mph???
Ahhhhh, the joys of marketing.
BTW, my comment applies to the 0.2 mph discrepency that all other car manufacturer publish too, the Turbo has just pushed this nonsense a little bit further.
The actual difference is probably closer to 0.2 sec. which is about right. (Round-off errors in the quoted times could account for it i.e. it could be something like 3.44s and 3.66s hypothetically.)
The manual is quoted at 3.7/3.9 s for 0-60 mph/0-62 mph.
Look at the 0.2 s difference this way: If the car continued to accelerate at the rate of 2 mph/0.2 s, then the tip car would theoretically hit 160 km/h in just 7 sec. ({[160-100]*0.62/2}*0.2) In reality, we know the acceleration rate gradually drops off as speed increases, so around 8 s makes sense (to 160 km/h).
Also very key is what the gear ratios are and where the car is in the power band at 60/62 mph.
For the Subaru WRX (one of which I own) the north american model debuted in 2002 with altered gear ratios compared to the rest of world cars. Specifically, 2nd gear was made very long so that the car could hit 60 mph with one less gear change. In this way, Subaru was able to claim an under six second time, great for advertising, but a pity for the car because the ROW ratios were much nicer for sports driving.