If you play field or court sports that involve plenty of starts and stops, having the ability to
reach your top speed quickly — from a standstill or from a jog — can give you an advantage over your opponent.
Not exact matches
And even the fastest response force may struggle to
reach the danger zone as
quickly as Thunderbird 1, which boasts a
top speed of 15,000 mph.
The race - bred V8 hits its amazing 8400 - rpm redline almost too
quickly in the lower gears before its throttle shuts off to prevent over-revving; but shift before it
reaches that point, however, and the M3 can rocket from rest to 60 mph in 4.7 seconds and on to a computer - limited
top speed of 155 mph.
Claimed to deliver «consistently fast standing - starts on track», the latter enables the new Fiesta ST to hit 100km / h two - tenths more
quickly in 6.5 seconds, and
reach its formidable 230km / h
top speed more
quickly too.
Like all BMWs, the M550d's
top speed is electronically limited to 155mph, but we
reached that number incredibly
quickly on our test route, which included some derestricted autobahns.
When the driver floors the right pedal, the Audi e ‑ tron quattro concept sprints from a standstill to 100 km / h (62.1 mph) in 4.6 seconds and
quickly reaches the electronically governed
top speed of 210 km / h (130.5 mph).
The entire atmosphere of the planet circulates around
quickly, with winds
reaching speeds of up to 85 m / s (300 km / h; 186.4 mph) at the cloud
tops, which circle the planet every four to five Earth days.