Ten stoplight assassins on a moderate budget.
<TABLE class=cdbgtext cellSpacing=10 cellPadding=0 width=560 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=2>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).
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--><!-- advertisement 1 -->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.
Tenth Place: Subaru Forester 2.5XT
Base price: $28,520
0-to-60-mph time: 5.9 sec
Quarter-mile time: 14.3 sec @ 96 mph
Most 2.5XTs we see around town have various roof racks, cargo areas stuffed with slobbering Newfoundlands or gardening crap, and they are nearly always filthy. We wonder whether the owners bought the car because they liked the alloy wheels, or whether they are consciously upping the sleeper factor.
What's not to love about an inexpensive little truck that duplicates a $45K Porsche Boxster's quarter-mile time? Per our roofline height standards, the Forester is an SUV, although it's based on the Impreza, the smallest vehicle Subaru sells. As with the Legacy 2.5GT, Subaru fitted the 2.5-liter engine used in the WRX STI but attached a smaller turbo and less-aggressive tune. The result is 224 horsepower and 226 pound-feet of torque from the turbocharged-and-intercooled horizontally opposed four, feeding a full-time four-wheel-drive system. Earlier XTs made less horsepower but were more than a half-second quicker to 60 mph, due to shorter gearing; given today's gas prices, we'll take the taller gearing.
The Forester's powertrain is essentially the same as the one found in the WRX, a car that would have just snuck on to the bottom of this list based on its performance. But, since the WRX starts under $25K, we'll save it for a cheaper quickest-cars list.
Decent ground clearance makes the Forester at least competent off-road should you be a rogue who occasionally sullies truck tread with dirt. The XT's increased ride height, combined with all-terrain tires, can create unsettling moments, but that's only because its bountiful thrust encourages you to drive the wheels off the thing. If you find a patch of dirt to play with, enjoy a chassis that treats oversteer as a tool, not an enemy.
With a surfeit of performance SUVs on the market, all powered with ample cubes and many with forced induction, the 2.5XT is a great choice if you want a fast, flexible vehicle with decent gas mileage (we averaged 25 mpg) that avoids the ire of the Prius set. And should you want to smoke a Boxster S, power upgrades are just a boost adjustment away.
VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, 4-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 5-door wagon
BASE PRICE: $28,520
ENGINE TYPE: turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 16-valve flat-4, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 150 cu in, 2457cc
Power (SAE net): 224 bhp @ 5600 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 226 lb-ft @ 3600 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 5-speed manual
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 99.4 in
Length: 176.6 in
Width: 68.1 in
Height: 62.4 in
Curb weight: 3324 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 5.9 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 15.8 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 7.3 sec
Standing -mile: 14.3 sec @ 96 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 128 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 182 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.75 g
FUEL ECONOMY:
EPA city/highway driving: 20/27 mpg
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Ninth Place: Pontiac Grand Prix GXP
Base price: $29,430
0-to-60-mph time: 5.7 sec
Quarter-mile time: 14.3 sec @ 98 mph
Pontiac engineers apparently have much freer hands than their Chevy cohorts. Handed the same ancient "W" front-drive platform and 5.3-liter V-8 used in the Impala SS, they conjured what one staffer called "arguably the most entertaining sedan Pontiac has ever offered." The Impala SS is a tick faster than the GXP due to a shorter final drive, but the trade-offs in drivability make the decision between them duck soup. The GXP still runs from naught to 60 in 5.7 seconds, and with 323 pound-feet of torque on tap, it is plenty deft in traffic.
With a stated purpose of creating a "car to run with BMWs," engineers had to seek solutions outside the norm. The most impressive and efficacious of these was the fitment of 255mm-wide, sticky Bridgestone tires in front to compliment narrower, 225mm-wide tires at the rear in order to combat endemic torque steer and understeer. It works, and even a little bit of oversteer can be coaxed from the car. Other tweaks include forged aluminum wheels, Bilstein monotube front struts, a larger rear anti-roll bar, and a 0.4-inch reduction in static ride height, which, in addition to lowering the center of gravity, increases the effective spring rate.
The interior receives comfortable and supportive seats in keeping with the GXP's newfound lateral prowess; a dashboard-mounted g-meter will quantitatively express the car's new moves. Especially when blessed with fire-sale pricing from the General, the GXP is an interesting and legitimate American alternative.
VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, front-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door sedan
BASE PRICE: $29,430
ENGINE TYPE: pushrod 16-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 325 cu in, 5327cc
Power (SAE net): 303 bhp @ 5600 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 323 lb-ft @ 4400 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 4-speed automatic with manumatic shifting
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 110.5 in
Length: 198.3 in
Width: 73.8 in
Height: 55.8 in
Curb weight: 3632 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 5.7 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 14.8 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 30.9 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 6.0 sec
Standing -mile: 14.3 sec @ 98 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 143 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 174 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.82 g
FUEL ECONOMY:
EPA city/highway driving: 18/27 mpg
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Eighth Place: Pontiac Solstice GXP/Saturn Sky Red Line (manual)
Base price: Solstice GXP, $27,115; Sky Red Line, $29,025
0-to-60-mph time: 5.6 sec
Quarter-mile time: 14.2 sec @ 98 mph
Pontiac assured us for years that it "Builds Excitement," which was apparently extra helpings of plastic body cladding, under which we never found much real excitement. The Solstice GXP, however, gives us plenty to be excited about. The wheezing base-model Solstice just about unseated the Mazda MX-5 Miata in a comparison test, and the GXP handily deposes the former king.
The Solstice is possibly not quite as visually fetching as the Saturn Sky, but it's still a hot sister. Despite the same 260 ponies, when equipped with a manual transmission the Solstice GXP and Sky Red Line are almost a half-second slower to 60 mph than their automatic counterparts. Launching a five-speed-manual GXP requires tremendous finesse and some luck. Leave the line with too few revs, and you bog; use too many or be harsh with clutch engagement, and the tires go up in smoke. This is familiar territory for anything with a turbocharged engine driving two wheels. Moreover, 60 mph is reached in third gear, and the extra shift is no friend to quick times. Tight gearing does, however, make it a cinch to keep the engine on full boil, and gear selection, not possible with the automatic, is a winding-road requirement.
Flaws such as lack of storage, hard interior plastics, and cumbersome top operation don't offer much of an argument in the face of handsome lines, a grin-inducing chassis, and 260 horsepower.
VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 2-door roadster
BASE PRICE: Solstice GXP, $27,115; Sky Red Line, $29,025
ENGINE TYPE: turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 16-valve inline-4, aluminum block and head, direct fuel injection
Displacement: 122 cu in, 1998cc
Power (SAE net): 260 bhp @ 5300 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 260 lb-ft @ 2500 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 5-speed manual
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 95.1 in
Length: 158.3 in
Width: 71.3 in
Height: 50.1 in
Curb weight: 3031 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 5.6 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 14.9 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 31.0 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 6.7 sec
Standing -mile: 14.2 sec @ 98 mph
Top speed (drag limited): 142 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 170 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.85 g
FUEL ECONOMY:
EPA city/highway driving: 22/31 mpg
Seventh Place: Chevrolet Impala SS
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Base price: $28,655
0-to-60-mph time: 5.6 sec
Quarter-mile time: 14.2 sec @ 101 mph
First the good: For under $29K, the four-door Impala SS delivers the same 0-to-60-mph and quarter-mile time as Nissan's 350Z, with an even faster trap speed. Other than SS badges and aluminum wheels, it looks like every other fleet-favorite Impala, encouraging frequent and satisfying slayings of Teutonic lane poachers. The SS boasts an aluminum-block LS4 V-8, a smaller sibling to the Corvette engine that makes 303 horsepower and 323 pound-feet of torque along with all the right sounds.
But we'd rather drive a V-6 Impala. Italians have an adjective to describe their vision of the American experience: Americanata. This term, inclusive of a sense of exaggeration, is applied to movies like Rambo and all-you-can-eat buffet dinners, and it is readily applied to the Impala SS. The SS is value priced. It's fast. It's ample. It's soft. Turn off the traction control and the 5.3-liter V-8 will incinerate one or both of the front tires until you lift. Normally we applaud such buffoonery, but the experience is ultimately unsatisfying, and the limitations of an 18-year-old, front-wheel-drive chassis proffer an unsatisfying and sometimes unnerving experience. The SS's body ducks and bobs like that's a design feature.
Unlucky engineers were handed a thorny set of ingredients including front-wheel drive, unequal-length driveshafts, and a V-8, and the resulting stew is poisoned with torque steer. Leave the traction control on and the front brakes take turns arresting wheel movement, with a resulting jig from the steering wheel; turn it off and irregular surfaces elicit similar behavior. Unlike the Grand Prix GXP, with which it shares chassis and engine, the SS's suspension, bushings, and concomitant hardware are just not up to the V-8's prodigious grunt. The mechanically similar Monte Carlo SS would likely have made this list as well, but when we asked GM for one to test, we were told: "We are not interested in sending you that car."
Worried that we might not heap praise, GM? Come on, we so enjoyed the Impala SS you sent.
VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, front-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door sedan
BASE PRICE: $28,655
ENGINE TYPE: pushrod 16-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 325 cu in, 5327cc
Power (SAE net): 303 bhp @ 5600 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 323 lb-ft @ 4400 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 4-speed automatic
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 110.5 in
Length: 200.4 in
Width: 72.9 in
Height: 58.5 in
Curb weight: 3764 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 5.6 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 13.9 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 28.5 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 5.8 sec
Standing -mile: 14.2 sec @ 101 mph
Top speed (drag limited): 154 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 172 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.81 g
FUEL ECONOMY:
EPA city/highway driving: 18/27 mpg
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<TABLE class=cdbgtext cellSpacing=10 cellPadding=0 width=560 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=2>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).
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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.
Tenth Place: Subaru Forester 2.5XT
Base price: $28,520
0-to-60-mph time: 5.9 sec
Quarter-mile time: 14.3 sec @ 96 mph
Most 2.5XTs we see around town have various roof racks, cargo areas stuffed with slobbering Newfoundlands or gardening crap, and they are nearly always filthy. We wonder whether the owners bought the car because they liked the alloy wheels, or whether they are consciously upping the sleeper factor.
What's not to love about an inexpensive little truck that duplicates a $45K Porsche Boxster's quarter-mile time? Per our roofline height standards, the Forester is an SUV, although it's based on the Impreza, the smallest vehicle Subaru sells. As with the Legacy 2.5GT, Subaru fitted the 2.5-liter engine used in the WRX STI but attached a smaller turbo and less-aggressive tune. The result is 224 horsepower and 226 pound-feet of torque from the turbocharged-and-intercooled horizontally opposed four, feeding a full-time four-wheel-drive system. Earlier XTs made less horsepower but were more than a half-second quicker to 60 mph, due to shorter gearing; given today's gas prices, we'll take the taller gearing.
The Forester's powertrain is essentially the same as the one found in the WRX, a car that would have just snuck on to the bottom of this list based on its performance. But, since the WRX starts under $25K, we'll save it for a cheaper quickest-cars list.
Decent ground clearance makes the Forester at least competent off-road should you be a rogue who occasionally sullies truck tread with dirt. The XT's increased ride height, combined with all-terrain tires, can create unsettling moments, but that's only because its bountiful thrust encourages you to drive the wheels off the thing. If you find a patch of dirt to play with, enjoy a chassis that treats oversteer as a tool, not an enemy.
With a surfeit of performance SUVs on the market, all powered with ample cubes and many with forced induction, the 2.5XT is a great choice if you want a fast, flexible vehicle with decent gas mileage (we averaged 25 mpg) that avoids the ire of the Prius set. And should you want to smoke a Boxster S, power upgrades are just a boost adjustment away.
VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, 4-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 5-door wagon
BASE PRICE: $28,520
ENGINE TYPE: turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 16-valve flat-4, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 150 cu in, 2457cc
Power (SAE net): 224 bhp @ 5600 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 226 lb-ft @ 3600 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 5-speed manual
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 99.4 in
Length: 176.6 in
Width: 68.1 in
Height: 62.4 in
Curb weight: 3324 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 5.9 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 15.8 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 7.3 sec
Standing -mile: 14.3 sec @ 96 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 128 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 182 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.75 g
FUEL ECONOMY:
EPA city/highway driving: 20/27 mpg
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Ninth Place: Pontiac Grand Prix GXP
Base price: $29,430
0-to-60-mph time: 5.7 sec
Quarter-mile time: 14.3 sec @ 98 mph
Pontiac engineers apparently have much freer hands than their Chevy cohorts. Handed the same ancient "W" front-drive platform and 5.3-liter V-8 used in the Impala SS, they conjured what one staffer called "arguably the most entertaining sedan Pontiac has ever offered." The Impala SS is a tick faster than the GXP due to a shorter final drive, but the trade-offs in drivability make the decision between them duck soup. The GXP still runs from naught to 60 in 5.7 seconds, and with 323 pound-feet of torque on tap, it is plenty deft in traffic.
With a stated purpose of creating a "car to run with BMWs," engineers had to seek solutions outside the norm. The most impressive and efficacious of these was the fitment of 255mm-wide, sticky Bridgestone tires in front to compliment narrower, 225mm-wide tires at the rear in order to combat endemic torque steer and understeer. It works, and even a little bit of oversteer can be coaxed from the car. Other tweaks include forged aluminum wheels, Bilstein monotube front struts, a larger rear anti-roll bar, and a 0.4-inch reduction in static ride height, which, in addition to lowering the center of gravity, increases the effective spring rate.
The interior receives comfortable and supportive seats in keeping with the GXP's newfound lateral prowess; a dashboard-mounted g-meter will quantitatively express the car's new moves. Especially when blessed with fire-sale pricing from the General, the GXP is an interesting and legitimate American alternative.
VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, front-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door sedan
BASE PRICE: $29,430
ENGINE TYPE: pushrod 16-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 325 cu in, 5327cc
Power (SAE net): 303 bhp @ 5600 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 323 lb-ft @ 4400 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 4-speed automatic with manumatic shifting
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 110.5 in
Length: 198.3 in
Width: 73.8 in
Height: 55.8 in
Curb weight: 3632 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 5.7 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 14.8 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 30.9 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 6.0 sec
Standing -mile: 14.3 sec @ 98 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 143 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 174 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.82 g
FUEL ECONOMY:
EPA city/highway driving: 18/27 mpg
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Eighth Place: Pontiac Solstice GXP/Saturn Sky Red Line (manual)
Base price: Solstice GXP, $27,115; Sky Red Line, $29,025
0-to-60-mph time: 5.6 sec
Quarter-mile time: 14.2 sec @ 98 mph
Pontiac assured us for years that it "Builds Excitement," which was apparently extra helpings of plastic body cladding, under which we never found much real excitement. The Solstice GXP, however, gives us plenty to be excited about. The wheezing base-model Solstice just about unseated the Mazda MX-5 Miata in a comparison test, and the GXP handily deposes the former king.
The Solstice is possibly not quite as visually fetching as the Saturn Sky, but it's still a hot sister. Despite the same 260 ponies, when equipped with a manual transmission the Solstice GXP and Sky Red Line are almost a half-second slower to 60 mph than their automatic counterparts. Launching a five-speed-manual GXP requires tremendous finesse and some luck. Leave the line with too few revs, and you bog; use too many or be harsh with clutch engagement, and the tires go up in smoke. This is familiar territory for anything with a turbocharged engine driving two wheels. Moreover, 60 mph is reached in third gear, and the extra shift is no friend to quick times. Tight gearing does, however, make it a cinch to keep the engine on full boil, and gear selection, not possible with the automatic, is a winding-road requirement.
Flaws such as lack of storage, hard interior plastics, and cumbersome top operation don't offer much of an argument in the face of handsome lines, a grin-inducing chassis, and 260 horsepower.
VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 2-door roadster
BASE PRICE: Solstice GXP, $27,115; Sky Red Line, $29,025
ENGINE TYPE: turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 16-valve inline-4, aluminum block and head, direct fuel injection
Displacement: 122 cu in, 1998cc
Power (SAE net): 260 bhp @ 5300 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 260 lb-ft @ 2500 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 5-speed manual
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 95.1 in
Length: 158.3 in
Width: 71.3 in
Height: 50.1 in
Curb weight: 3031 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 5.6 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 14.9 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 31.0 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 6.7 sec
Standing -mile: 14.2 sec @ 98 mph
Top speed (drag limited): 142 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 170 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.85 g
FUEL ECONOMY:
EPA city/highway driving: 22/31 mpg
Seventh Place: Chevrolet Impala SS
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Base price: $28,655
0-to-60-mph time: 5.6 sec
Quarter-mile time: 14.2 sec @ 101 mph
First the good: For under $29K, the four-door Impala SS delivers the same 0-to-60-mph and quarter-mile time as Nissan's 350Z, with an even faster trap speed. Other than SS badges and aluminum wheels, it looks like every other fleet-favorite Impala, encouraging frequent and satisfying slayings of Teutonic lane poachers. The SS boasts an aluminum-block LS4 V-8, a smaller sibling to the Corvette engine that makes 303 horsepower and 323 pound-feet of torque along with all the right sounds.
But we'd rather drive a V-6 Impala. Italians have an adjective to describe their vision of the American experience: Americanata. This term, inclusive of a sense of exaggeration, is applied to movies like Rambo and all-you-can-eat buffet dinners, and it is readily applied to the Impala SS. The SS is value priced. It's fast. It's ample. It's soft. Turn off the traction control and the 5.3-liter V-8 will incinerate one or both of the front tires until you lift. Normally we applaud such buffoonery, but the experience is ultimately unsatisfying, and the limitations of an 18-year-old, front-wheel-drive chassis proffer an unsatisfying and sometimes unnerving experience. The SS's body ducks and bobs like that's a design feature.
Unlucky engineers were handed a thorny set of ingredients including front-wheel drive, unequal-length driveshafts, and a V-8, and the resulting stew is poisoned with torque steer. Leave the traction control on and the front brakes take turns arresting wheel movement, with a resulting jig from the steering wheel; turn it off and irregular surfaces elicit similar behavior. Unlike the Grand Prix GXP, with which it shares chassis and engine, the SS's suspension, bushings, and concomitant hardware are just not up to the V-8's prodigious grunt. The mechanically similar Monte Carlo SS would likely have made this list as well, but when we asked GM for one to test, we were told: "We are not interested in sending you that car."
Worried that we might not heap praise, GM? Come on, we so enjoyed the Impala SS you sent.
VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, front-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door sedan
BASE PRICE: $28,655
ENGINE TYPE: pushrod 16-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 325 cu in, 5327cc
Power (SAE net): 303 bhp @ 5600 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 323 lb-ft @ 4400 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 4-speed automatic
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 110.5 in
Length: 200.4 in
Width: 72.9 in
Height: 58.5 in
Curb weight: 3764 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 5.6 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 13.9 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 28.5 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 5.8 sec
Standing -mile: 14.2 sec @ 101 mph
Top speed (drag limited): 154 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 172 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.81 g
FUEL ECONOMY:
EPA city/highway driving: 18/27 mpg
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