Why so Slow...?
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Why so Slow...?
My '17 R convertible with 550 hp does 0-60 in 3.9 seconds, maybe a fraction slower being a vert.
Not sure if latest generation 2020 or 2021 are any quicker.
Come replacement time, maybe looking at latest C8 Vette, about $40k cheaper, only 495 hp, but much quicker at 2.9 seconds.
So how can the Vette with less hp, driving 2 rear wheels vs F-type's AWD, be that much quicker?
(Or how F-type with more hp, be that much slower...?)
1 second slower than 3 seconds is 33% slower?
Not sure if latest generation 2020 or 2021 are any quicker.
Come replacement time, maybe looking at latest C8 Vette, about $40k cheaper, only 495 hp, but much quicker at 2.9 seconds.
So how can the Vette with less hp, driving 2 rear wheels vs F-type's AWD, be that much quicker?
(Or how F-type with more hp, be that much slower...?)
1 second slower than 3 seconds is 33% slower?
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Three reasons.
1. The F-Type weighs a lot more than the C8, especially the V8 AWD vert which is the porkiest F-Type of the lot.
2. The "official" JLR figure for the F-Type is very conservative, with a true time in good conditions and a good driver probably closer to 3.5 seconds.
3. The 2.9 second for the C8 seems to me to be a bit optimistic and the true time is probably closer to 3.2 seconds.
1. The F-Type weighs a lot more than the C8, especially the V8 AWD vert which is the porkiest F-Type of the lot.
2. The "official" JLR figure for the F-Type is very conservative, with a true time in good conditions and a good driver probably closer to 3.5 seconds.
3. The 2.9 second for the C8 seems to me to be a bit optimistic and the true time is probably closer to 3.2 seconds.
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In our corner we have no salt lake city, and streets are not made for racing. We have every year, mostly in Germany some dead people because of some illuminated making racing in the city streets. If not killing themselves. But very often the victims are just passing by. So anyway the F-Type is NO RACING CAR.
If you want to make racing, do it on the track, with a valid pilot licence and you will hurt nobody. I made during some years karting sports. But when I drove home with the kart behind, I respected speed limits.
If you want to make racing, do it on the track, with a valid pilot licence and you will hurt nobody. I made during some years karting sports. But when I drove home with the kart behind, I respected speed limits.
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Like others said, tested times for the R vert are actually around 3.4, but even 3.9 is hardly slow. The nice thing about these cars is that they put the power down very well and very consistently due to the AWD. Before my Jags (I’m on number 3), I had an M4 and it was a nightmare off the line. It would fishtail down the street if I got on the throttle too hard. The added weight of the AWD is the downside, but it’s worth it in my opinion, especially given the torque and wide power band of this engine.
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