Worst performing modern car? (0-60 mph)
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I am just browsing Autotrader looking for a 2nd hand car for Wifey (she wants an auto). I specified up to 5 years old and up to 60k miles and I soon spotted the wonderful Chevvy Matiz 0.8 SE Auto. I checked the performance figures and I was amazed to see 0-60 mph: 21.9 seconds.
Is there a mainstream car on the roads with worse performance than this?
Is there a mainstream car on the roads with worse performance than this?
FreeLitres said:
I am just browsing Autotrader looking for a 2nd hand car for Wifey (she wants an auto). I specified up to 5 years old and up to 60k miles and I soon spotted the wonderful Chevvy Matiz 0.8 SE Auto. I checked the performance figures and I was amazed to see 0-60 mph: 21.9 seconds.
Is there a mainstream car on the roads with worse performance than this?
I doubt there is a car with worse figures than that. 21.9 seconds to 60 is epically slow!Is there a mainstream car on the roads with worse performance than this?
Jw Vw said:
FreeLitres said:
I am just browsing Autotrader looking for a 2nd hand car for Wifey (she wants an auto). I specified up to 5 years old and up to 60k miles and I soon spotted the wonderful Chevvy Matiz 0.8 SE Auto. I checked the performance figures and I was amazed to see 0-60 mph: 21.9 seconds.
Is there a mainstream car on the roads with worse performance than this?
I doubt there is a car with worse figures than that. 21.9 seconds to 60 is epically slow!Is there a mainstream car on the roads with worse performance than this?
tbh if it took much longer, then it probably wouldn't reach 60.
I can't imagine driving a car that is sooooo slow! Remember, these performance figures would be for a car driven absolutely flat out - pedal to the floor. For "normal" driving on half throttle it must take about a minute to reach 60 mph!
I kind of want to give it a go though
I kind of want to give it a go though
Edited by FreeLitres on Sunday 16th October 20:32
Although its not been on sale for a good while, there was some Nissan people carrier, think it was a serena or something like that, which took 27 seconds to get to 60!
When I was a lad I remember one of the cars in there some Suzuki 4x4 which had a top speed of 68 MPH and the 0-60 wasn't measured so god only knows how long that took to get to 60!
When I was a lad I remember one of the cars in there some Suzuki 4x4 which had a top speed of 68 MPH and the 0-60 wasn't measured so god only knows how long that took to get to 60!
AlexiusG55 said:
EDLT said:
Define mainstream, they still sell VW campers.
They're still slower than a Matiz, but not as slow as they used to be, as they're now powered by a modern-ish water-cooled 1.4-litre four- 0-60 takes 22.7 seconds compared to 29.5 for the original.
t to me.
anonymous said:
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thing is, i bet she thinks she's doing the engine lots of favours and reckons it'll last ages if she does that....but it does an engine lots of good to be revved hard every now and again!so she never actually uses full torque? even when carrying 4 passengers? jeez!
To put 0-60 in 22 secs in perspective...
1953 Citroen 2CV - 0-30 22.7 secs, max speed 41mph, 63mpg, cost new £350. Autocar gave it 4.5 out of 5 in its road test.
The said
"The 2 c.v. really has to be judged as a new kind of car. It is as functional as a bicycle or a lawn mower and seems designed to serve, as they do, with the minimum of skilled attention. It is safe, comfortable, easy to drive and extraordinarily economical, and provides relatively generous space for passengers and luggage. Its performance is limited, but probably adequate for the needs of most potential owners, and it is much more amusing to drive than might at first appear."
1953 Citroen 2CV - 0-30 22.7 secs, max speed 41mph, 63mpg, cost new £350. Autocar gave it 4.5 out of 5 in its road test.
The said
"The 2 c.v. really has to be judged as a new kind of car. It is as functional as a bicycle or a lawn mower and seems designed to serve, as they do, with the minimum of skilled attention. It is safe, comfortable, easy to drive and extraordinarily economical, and provides relatively generous space for passengers and luggage. Its performance is limited, but probably adequate for the needs of most potential owners, and it is much more amusing to drive than might at first appear."
The slowest vehicle I've experienced is a Ford Galaxy with the 2.0 petrol engine (not much torque) and an auto gearbox.
There were four of us in it on a Booze Cruise so it had a boot full of beer and wine. We stopped at the services on the M20 on the way back and pulling back onto the motorway I thought we'd never make it to 70mph.
There were four of us in it on a Booze Cruise so it had a boot full of beer and wine. We stopped at the services on the M20 on the way back and pulling back onto the motorway I thought we'd never make it to 70mph.
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