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poosemon said:
One thing I did note, which I can imagine was purposeful was there were hardly any performance stats about the car - no 0-60 or top speed etc...and, tbh, given the nature of the car I don't think I could care less what they are!
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During prior interviews with Gordon, probably with Johnny or Harry, Gordon said he wasn't bothered about making a big deal out of 0-60 numbers etc, it's irrelevant, the car will be very quick but a car is much more than these simple metrics.
 
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Firestar_3x said:
During prior interviews with Gordon, probably with Johnny or Harry, Gordon said he wasn't bothered about making a big deal out of 0-60 numbers etc, it's irrelevant, the car will be very quick but a car is much more than these simple metrics.
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0-60 really is a particularly irrelevant number for road cars, and even more so with the number of cars that have "launch control" now.
 

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Mr Jack said:
0-60 really is a particularly irrelevant number for road cars, and even more so with the number of cars that have "launch control" now.
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For me as long as it is around 7-8ish seconds it is still more than powerful enough to enjoy.

Given a choice to have fun on a road and I had a car with a measly 200BHP but revved to 12k or an electric car that did the 0-60 sprint in 2 seconds dead it is a no brainer for me. Weight is also a massive bug bear and no matter how good a car is you cannot get away from physics.

A weird comparison I can think of is Alton Towers coasters. Rita Queen of Speed does 0-60 in 2 seconds but lasts 20 seconds. It is one of the most boring rides there tbh. Give me Nemesis or Smiler any day over that. Far far more involving.
 

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adam cool dude said:
For me as long as it is around 7-8ish seconds it is still more than powerful enough to enjoy.
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But it's not really the 0-60 time that makes it fun, is it? It's the way it'll pick up out of a corner, or when you need to pull out and overtake a lorry, or get out of a 30 limit and into a nice NSL back road. It's very rare to be able to run your car from a standstill to 60, and even more rarely the fun bit of driving. It's just weird to me that the drag race number is considered the measure of speed.
 

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It is amazing how many people ask "so what does it do 0-60" as if this is the measure of performance. Shows little more than ignorance of performance and that's fine, but 0-60 is far less solid than 0-100mph or 0-120mph or even 70mph to 140mph. Loads of cars come close to mine 0-60 as it is traction limited at take off, so mid 3 seconds is normally a good run. Now 0-100mph in less than 7 seconds, 0-120 in less than 10, that is quick.
 
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