0-60 times.

[sebhaque]

These figures tend to get thrown around a lot when it comes to cars, with both petrolheads and non-petrolheads.

I've found that people's expectations differ as to whether a car is slow, poky, fast, or supercar. Some people think a 6-second to 60 is major quick, whereas others won't settle for a time above 4 seconds.

So I pitch to you - what are your boundaries for the following?

Slow:
Decent:
Fast:
Supercar:

Here are mine as an example.

Slow:above 9 seconds
Fair:7.0-9.0
Poky:5.0-7.0
Fast:4.0-5.0
Supercar:below 4 seconds

Now I know there are anomalies are that (i.e many supercars taking over 4 seconds to reach 60 but powering on from there after) but it'd be nice to see what you folks thing. Bit of harmless fun, I suppose.

[Palmball]

Lol at 5 seconds being just 'Pokey'!

There was a time not so long ago that would have been WOW!

Despite this, I tend to agree with your train of thought on the speed brackets!

[gareth.e]

Heres my interpretation of your scales:

Slow:above 10 seconds
able:8.0-9.9
warm:6.0-7.9
fast:4.6-6.0
rapid:3.6-4.5
mental:3.5 seconds or less

Edited by gareth.e on Wednesday 23 June 21:09

[ben10]

Slow:10 seconds +
Pokey:7-9.9
Quick:5-6.9
Fast:3.6-4.9
Brown Trousers:3.5 or less

(Only put slow as 10+ because my car is supposed to be 9.9)

Edit for retarded typing

Edited by ben10 on Wednesday 23 June 21:32

[Justin French]

Yeah, Seb. I think that's a good set of numbers.

Maybe you should also have:

Hyper Hyper: sub 3.0 seconds.

J

[kambites]

Slow: 9+ seconds?

Slow is 15+ seconds, IMHO.

Realistically I'd say:


Slow: 15+ seconds
Fair: 10-15 seconds
Poky: 7-10 seconds
Fast: 3.5-7 seconds
Supercar:below 3.5 seconds

ETA: I guess I'm defining supercars more as what people these days call "hyper cars" though. I still think of "supercar" as the top tier.

Edited by kambites on Wednesday 23 June 21:32

[anonymous-user]

Slow: 15secs
Decent: 7secs
Fast Quick: 5secs
Supercar Fast : 3secs

[ApexJimi]

gareth.e said:

Heres my interpretation of your scales:

Slow:above 10 seconds
able:8.0-9.9
warm:6.0-7.9
fast:4.6-6.0
rapid:3.6-4.5
mental:3.5 seconds or less

Agreed

[anonymous-user]

If you have time to think about how long its takimg to get to 60 the vehicle is slow

[Justin French]

I'd roughly class cars like:

Ferrari 430 = Supercar
Pagani Zonda = Hypercar
Bugatti Veryon = Hyper plus

[hesnotthemessiah]

ApexJimi said:

gareth.e said:

Heres my interpretation of your scales:

Slow:above 10 seconds
able:8.0-9.9
warm:6.0-7.9
fast:4.6-6.0
rapid:3.6-4.5
mental:3.5 seconds or less

Agreed

Agreed +1

[Japveesix]

Over 13/14 seconds - Depressingly slow
Much above 10 secs - Slow
7.5-9.9 - Bit nippy
6-7.4 - Quick
4.5-6 - Very quick
<4.5 - F***ing quick
<3.5 - Ridiculously quick

A lot of people I know (who are not car people at all) seem to consider my FTO really "fast". I think my equivalent would be something under 4.5 seconds to 60 as on the road that would put my car to shame - and many cars have done

I do think that anything 10secs or less is definitely still fairly nippy and there are almost certainly more cars on the road with 0-60 times over 10secs than there are those with 0-60 under 10. So I think under 10 is reasonable to call nippy/reasonably fast.

Edited by Japveesix on Wednesday 23 June 21:56

[MondeoMan1981]

My car does 0-60 in 15 seconds, now thats "slow" !

[RDMcG]

MondeoMan1981 said:

My car does 0-60 in 15 seconds, now thats "slow" !

I laugh in the direction of your not so slow car . My Smart diesel does 0-60 in 20.8 seconds . I prefer to call it "deliberate".

[koolchris99]

my z4 does it in 5.something and i wouldnt want anything faster, im scared enough as it is

[PhillipM]

yonex said:

If you have time to think about how long its takimg to get to 60 the vehicle is slow

I usually have time to make a cuppa.

[jon-]

0-60 times don't really represent the full picture. My track car can hit 60 in under 4.5 seconds, making it "super fast" by a lot of the above but it's a MK2 MR2 that's just been stripped out a lot. Once it's into 3rd / 4th gear the pace really starts to slow down and it feels slow.

That said, anything that hits 60 in under 4 seconds is ok by me.

[CrammyJay]

normal - anything above 8s
nippy - 6.5-8s
quick - 5 - 6.5s
fast 4-5s
anything below 4s very fast


0-60 times mean nothing to me though, midrange grunt for overtaking is where its at

[schmalex]

RDMcG said:

MondeoMan1981 said:

My car does 0-60 in 15 seconds, now thats "slow" !

I laugh in the direction of your not so slow car . My Smart diesel does 0-60 in 20.8 seconds . I prefer to call it "deliberate".

Lucky sod. The last time I timed my Landy to 60, it came in at 94 seconds and then I had to brake, as there was a roundabout 1/2 mile ahead

On the other hand, my Merc hits 60 in 5.8 or something. Whilst I know that's quick, it just doesn't feel quick.

Edited by schmalex on Wednesday 23 June 22:55

[mat205125]

anonymous said:

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And Clarkson and his mob have turned everyone into Top Trumps stat quoters.

How many of those above dismissing anything incapable of sub-5 seconds to 60 as meerly "quick"? There is a world of difference between buying / driving / passengering in a car capable of x to 60, and actually experiencing that quoted performance, no matter how enthusiastic your mate is on the stopwatch, and how accurate you think a speedo is.

Whats the point anyway? Thrusting along in your AMG Saturn V substitute, completely enclosed from the outside world with only a needle moving to the right and bit of G force to give an idea of whats happening.