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Re: More on Prices (long winded)

To: british-cars%alliant.com@RELAY.CS.NET
Subject: Re: More on Prices (long winded)
From: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
Date: 04 Apr 90 16:47:42 PDT (Wed)
>I have this on my board to look at and remind me...
>
>Car                   0-100      total       distance        g's
>
>Cobra               7.94        12.07         1468      .87+    1.00-
>Callaway Vette      12.7        18.1          1642      .68+     .88-
>Ferrari Testarossa  13.7        20.1          1808      .61+     .97-
>Porsche 930         14.8        21.2          1890      .74+    1.06-
>88 Corvette         15.9        21.4          1815      .68+    1.06-
>
>There were others and some of the numbers are suspect but its 
>fun to drool over.  What can other SOL machinery do?  E-Type could
>be up there with the Cobra obviously, as could members of the Lotus
>family...

E-Type Jags are around 7.5second from 0-60mph, and 15.5 seconds in the
1/4 mile.  Top end is really 143 to 147mph for the early coupes.  Thats
it!  But it sure is nice to have even that on tap...  Lotus are less than
these numbers, though they have light wieght and good shapes to their
advantage.  The Lotus forte' is handling (at least for the street).  The
only possible exception to this would be the Esprit Turbo.

 Christopher M. Perez           chrisp@mrloog.WR.TEK.COM
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