I find them to be soo bullshit its unreal. My friend had a Jaq X type auto with 14k on the clock and car and driver said it does 0-60 in 6.4. Not only did it take way longer than that when i was with him several times, but my mom's 4 banger auto camary didn't lose by much to it. And added to that my old n/a rx7 beat more than a handful of auto **13sec** cars more than enought times to make me satisfied that they post bullshit. And no its not just driver skill cuz I have raced more than I can count on my hands with the same driver/person/condition auto car.. So i **had** the only 12 sec bolt on n/a rx-7 cool....

 

i agree with you they LIE!!! they said that the M5 has a 0-60 time of 4.8 seconds and the ME/BE E55 is 5.0seconds. M3 4.7seconds, liars liars liars!!!!

 

and keep in mind they test under the best conditions and best drivers

 

and compensate for bad weather/track/alt conditions, which is BS!!!!

 

Yep, i agree, they must get those times with race fuel and specific tuning for each type of run they do or something. The numbers help sell the cars.

 

quit your bitchin

 

All of the 1/4 mile and 0-60 times are done on the same strip. It is a track that is on a 45 degree decline. That's how the numbers are so good.

 

is the tested Jag also an automatic? I know automatic can greatly effect that stats of a car, hell look at the RX8 in manual form the redline is 9k, in auto form the redline is 7.5k, and the auto has like 40 less hp.



most of the time the magazines are relatively close, the best way to estimate the speed would be to gather a couple f stats from different places and average them, although most ricers out there search for the best time ever and say that is the average time all the cars run.



kevin.

 

I only believe the results if they are in the favor of the car I like.

 

I have yet to see a S2000 at the 1/4 mile strip break into the 13's a majority of them are in the 15's. Far cry from the magazine results.



I usually add about 0.5 to 1 second to the 1/4 mile times fro cars for real world driving.



I watched a modded C-5 run a 13.4 this past weekend. I thought they were high 12 second cars?



Magazine takes the car gets a pro. Uses an optimum track and tries and tries until they get the desired results. Imagine how good you could get your launch if you practiced it a couple of dozen times in a row without waiting 2 hours between runs.



Magazine #'s are not real.