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Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by r00fus on Thursday May 18, 2017 @05:37PM (#14371321)
The Bolt EV 0-60mph is rated at 6.5s. That's amazingly fast.
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Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by sgustard on Thursday May 18, 2017 @06:49PM (#14371714)
A modern electric car like a Tesla, Bolt or i3 (I've driven all of them) really takes off like a roller coaster. Silent and instant smooth acceleration. They are amazingly fun to drive.
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Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by jonknee on Thursday May 18, 2017 @06:05PM (#14371496)
Is it? My diesel SUV is listed 0-60 in 5.8s...
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Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by chiph on Friday May 19, 2017 @09:14AM (#14375260)
Not any more. A 2017 Camry (family car) with the V6 is 6.1 seconds.

http://www.zeroto60times.com/vehicle-make/toyota-0-60-mph-ti...

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Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by pythonaut_16 on Friday May 19, 2017 @10:22AM (#14375887)
> with the V6

Are lots of people actually driving V6 Camrys? When I look at normal sedans the V6 engine is always a significant cost increase and completely destroys the car's MPG

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Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by dnissley on Friday May 19, 2017 @11:17AM (#14376499)
Googling around I see rumor of a 10-15% take rate on the camry v6.

Toyota sold about 430k camrys in the US last year, so that would mean about 43k - 65k. Which is 3-4 times the number of EVs sold that year.

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Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by oneshot908 on Friday May 19, 2017 @11:29AM (#14376616)
Some perspective: a beautiful 1964 V8 Mustang goes from 0-60 in 7.8 seconds. I'd say both these cars are pretty fast and that you're nitpicking.

http://www.automobile-catalog.com/car/1964/829160/ford_musta...

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Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by chiph on Friday May 19, 2017 @11:55AM (#14376887)
The list of 6-second cars is pretty long. One that stands out is the 2017 Buick LaCrosse at 6.0 seconds and is currently selling in the $28k range (there are some amazing deals out there at present). Again, family sedan. With numbers that 20 years ago would have been "race car numbers".

That Buick beats the time of the 1996 Saleen S281 Mustang.

http://www.zeroto60times.com/6-second-cars-0-60-mph-times/

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