In reality, then, the Speed should feel much torquier and, therefore, be much faster than the Mulsanne, hence the reason why Bentley now quotes some fairly hair - raising
acceleration figures for the car.
Although Ruf hasn't quoted
an acceleration figure for its new car, it has revealed it has a top speed of 199mph.
Not exact matches
According to this June's Financial Times «Expenditure by local and central governments in China jumped nearly 25 per cent from the same month a year earlier, a sharp
acceleration from the 9.6 per cent growth registered in the first four months of the year, according to
figures released by the finance ministry,» and HSBC's Flash PMI index suggests
for the first time in six months that there has been an expansion in manufacturing, although the flash index is, of course, preliminary and may be revised.
We should point out that the
acceleration figure quoted is
for 0 - 62mph, rather than the 0 - 60mph on Kia's website (though we've now listed both
for convenience), and you'll understand that we're only using the official torque
figure - but in our experience, the engine does loosen up significantly with use so a higher torque
figure is certainly believable.
The lack of a Posi in the diff also made it tough
for Brock to get
acceleration figures.
Sold as either a kit car or fully built, and with all manner of engines that take its performance from beginners» level to Bugatti Veyron - rivaling
acceleration figures, it's as famous
for its flexibility as its fun.
No
acceleration figures are available, but Mulgari also fits the car with an entirely new suspension setup
for improved handling.
Gearing
for the new eight - speed automatic also enables the large SUV to extract more from its unremarkable output
figures, with sufficient
acceleration available
for most scenarios.
Although Bentley haven't released exact power
figures, engineers are pledging
for «more than 542bhp, over 700 Nm of torque, 0 - 100 kph
acceleration below 5 seconds, a top speed of over 273 kph and CO2 emissions under 330g / km».
The
acceleration figures now stand at 4.9 seconds (automatic: 4.7 seconds)
for the BMW M240i Convertible and 4.6 seconds
for the BMW M240i xDrive Convertible.
As
for acceleration figures, Car And Driver says the Civic can hit 60 mph in roughly 6.5 seconds, and go on to a top speed of 125 mph.
Think about it... 1,000 hp at 8,250 rpm from the use of two custom made Mansory turbochargers and a torque output of 1,000 Nm too (electronically limited to make sure everything keeps working in the future)...
acceleration figures to match with a 0 to 100 Km / h time of only 2.7 seconds and a top speed of no less than 340 Km / h... those are some really impressive
figures for a V10 engine.
Acceleration and top speed
figures, as well as torque
figures, are being kept quiet
for now, but will be released later in the year.
First gear is good
for 51 mph, but we didn't match those quoted
acceleration figures on this day, recording 0 - 60 in 4.1 and the quarter in 12.4 at 115.3 mph.
One of Porsche's big selling points
for its as - of - yet unproduced electric vehicles is repeatable performance: You'll be able to hit those
acceleration and performance
figures again and again without cooking anything onboard or forcing the car to throttle down.
This means that the
figures for acceleration, elasticity and top speed are significantly improved in certain variants.
Audi is yet to confirm a curb weight
figure for its latest RS model, but claims it delivers 62 mph
acceleration in 3.9 seconds and a nominal top speed limited to 155 mph.
In terms of performance the 0 to 60 mpg
acceleration times
for the GL350, Gl450 and GL550 are 8.3, 6.2 and 5.5 seconds respectively, while the corresponding fuel consumption and emission
figures for the GL 350 BlueTEC 4MATIC and GL 500 4MATIC BlueEFFICIENCY are 7.4 - 8.0 liters per 100 km with CO2 between 192 and 209 g / Km, and 11.3 - 11.6 liters per 100 km with CO2 levels between 262 and 269 g / Km.
That impressive lateral
acceleration figure provides the name
for this unexpected SEMA concept car.
Basically, this fully automatic gearbox mode uses sensors
for longitudinal
acceleration and braking, plus lateral forces, and plugs them into some kind of equation to
figure out which gear you should be in.
The performance package developed
for the CLS 63 AMG enables V8 to produce 649 HP (477 kW) / 900 Nm of torque instead of 557 HP (410 kW) and 800 Nm,
figures which will reduce the 0 to 100 Km / h
acceleration time by 0.2 seconds to 4.1 seconds.
The odd thing about the top speed
figure is that the GT C Roadster gets its higher top speed even as the transaxle running shorter seventh gear and final - drive ratios
for harder
acceleration, though it runs a taller first gear than the stock unit.
No output or
acceleration figures have been announced
for the revised CR - Z, but Honda promises more power from both the 1.5 - litre petrol engine and electric motor «without compromising fuel economy or increasing exhaust emissions».
Claimed performance
figures for the R8 e-tron is a 0 — 62 mph (0 — 100 km / h)
acceleration time of 4.8 seconds and a limited top speed of 124 mph (200 km / h).
OK, this
acceleration figure isn't the best we've ever achieved with a Civic Si, but
for the sake of consistency we're still using traction control
for these launches.
Minor power gains and an all - new transmission account
for a significant increase in performance, as both
acceleration and top speed
figures have been largely improved.
The key is practice and
figuring out the exact timing needed
for applying your turn, brake, e-brake and
acceleration, but once you begin to
figure those out, the fun begins as you start to conquer the tracks.
Based on revised
figures for those years, the
acceleration since then was greater than so far assumed.
Figure 3: «Considerations
for estimating the 20th century trend in global mean sea level»
Figure 1B: «Reassessment of 20th century global mean sea level rise» «Recent global sea level
acceleration started over 200 years ago?»
For each of the long records depicted in Figure 4, the acceleration is predominantly confined to a narrow band within ± 0.05 mm / y2 and not statistically different from zero at the 95 % confidence level for most of the records, despite evidence that relative velocities are continuing to increase.&raq
For each of the long records depicted in
Figure 4, the
acceleration is predominantly confined to a narrow band within ± 0.05 mm / y2 and not statistically different from zero at the 95 % confidence level
for most of the records, despite evidence that relative velocities are continuing to increase.&raq
for most of the records, despite evidence that relative velocities are continuing to increase.»