How fast cars are today.

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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    edited September 2020
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    Up until 1985 the 427 SC/Cobra was the fastest ICE powered vehicle from 0-60 to 0. That was until the 1985 Yamaha VMAX made its debut. Cycle World did the shootout besting the SC Cobra with the VMAX. I was in the motorcycle biz then and we had twenty copies of this issue
    placed around the store and showroom as a marketing tool.

    The SC Cobra was a 3.6 second car from 0-60. Pretty amazing for a 20 year old car at the time.




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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,903
    wrong question. question should be what's the speed limit.
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    edited September 2020
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
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    Up until 1985 the 427 SC/Cobra was the fastest ICE powered vehicle from 0-60 to 0. That was until the 1985 Yamaha VMAX made its debut. Cycle World did the shootout besting the SC Cobra with the VMAX. I was in the motorcycle biz then and we had twenty copies of this issue
    placed around the store and showroom as a marketing tool.

    The SC Cobra was a 3.6 second car from 0-60. Pretty amazing for a 20 year old car at the time.




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  • Milito
    Milito Posts: 1,964
    edited September 2020
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
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    Up until 1985 the 427 SC/Cobra was the fastest ICE powered vehicle from 0-60 to 0. That was until the 1985 Yamaha VMAX made its debut. Cycle World did the shootout besting the SC Cobra with the VMAX. I was in the motorcycle biz then and we had twenty copies of this issue
    placed around the store and showroom as a marketing tool.

    The SC Cobra was a 3.6 second car from 0-60. Pretty amazing for a 20 year old car at the time.




    Especially without traction control on the 427 SC/Cobra.
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  • Hansvelton
    Hansvelton Posts: 151
    edited October 2020
    Way too old to worry about going fast any more.

    But, a friend has that Tesla car. It SEEMS faster than to me, by a lot, compared to any car I have ever been in.

    Due to old age, forget which exact model he has........Model "S", but not sure which variant?
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited October 2020
    Hansvelton wrote: »
    Way too old to worry about going fast any more.

    But, a friend has that Tesla car. It SEEMS faster than to me, by a lot, compared to any car I have ever been in.

    Due to old age, forget which exact model he has........Model "S", but not sure which variant?

    Loads of instant torque pushes you into your seat hard immediately. There's no build up it's just all there right away.
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    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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