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Originally Posted by MalibuBimmer
For some reason I now can't quote from prior posts on this thread.
I was going to point out that the 0-60 site has unrealistically optimistic 0-60 times for every car listed. They are all off by a large margin. The site is, in my view, totally unreliable.
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Car & Driver: “Hold both pedals, watch the revs climb to 2500 rpm, release the brake, and the i8 will jump to 60 mph in a more price-appropriate 3.6 seconds. Without launch control activated, the i8 will do the 5-to-60 run in 4.6 seconds.”
Motor Trend: “The i8 goes from 0 to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds and all the way to 100 mph in 9.7 seconds. It finishes the quarter mile in 12.4 seconds at 121.1 mph. Not bad for a 1.5L, 3-cylinder turbocharged engine.”
Road & Track: “While BMW has carefully downplayed expectations with this car—the company line during development was always that the i8 would be "quick enough"—in reality, it's a rocket: 0–60 mph in just 3.8 seconds.”