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Old 03-12-2010, 12:42 PM
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That just means that the car has the potential to do said 8.6 0-60 but just not consistently. 9.4 0-60 can be obtained on a constant basis. I really don't trust C&D as they don't even trust their own # to declare a winner (See S4 vs 335i).
Traditionally, acceleration numbers for cars in the "record books" have always been the fastest times verified to be trustworthy, not what can be done on a constant basis by a so-so driver. Personally, I want to know how fast you can get it to go if you beat the hell out of it--what's the best a car can do? The 5-60 mph test is a better determination of real world acceleration abilities of a car without beating on it too much, which is why C&D does both. In addition, I don't *think* C&D adjusts their acceleration numbers for environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, altitude) as do many other magazines, including my favorite mainstream auto magazine, Road & Track.

While Car & Driver is not my favorite automobile magazine (I think the writing and technical articles in Road & Track are better and more fun, and Grass Roots is probably my all-around favorite), I do think Car & Driver is the best place to go for numbers, which is why I have subscribed to them, almost uninterrupted, for almost 30 years.
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