0 to60mph

The time it takes to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h or 0 to 27 m/s) is a commonly used performance measure for automotive acceleration in the United States and the United Kingdom. In the rest of the world, 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62.1 mph) is used. Present performance cars are capable of going from 0 to 60 mph in under 6 seconds, while exotic cars can do 0 to 60 mph in between 3 and 4 seconds, whereas motorcycles have been able to achieve these figures with sub-500cc since the 1990s.[1] The fastest automobile in 2015 was the Porsche 918 Spyder, which is a hybrid vehicle taking 2.2[2][3] seconds to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph.




Jalopnik has said that launch control systems appearing on production exotic cars in the 2010s have made published 0 to 60 times invalid, since these cars have slower times from 5 mph to 60 mph.[4]

Most car magazines and manufacturers in the United States use a rolling start allowance term "1-foot rollout", which means that the timer is only started once the car has traveled 11.5 inches (30 cm), reducing the measured time by up to 0.3 second.[5][6]

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  1. ^ Ford, Dexter (2010-10-12), "Nice Supercar. Now Eat My Dust", The New York Times
  3. ^ "Porsche 918 Spyder Test Sheet – Car and Driver" (PDF). Car and Driver. 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
  4. ^ Orlove, Raphael (2014-04-04). "Porsche 918 Proves 0–60 Times Are Total Bullshit". Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  5. ^ "How We Test Cars and Trucks". Edmunds. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  6. ^ "B5 Audi S4 Resource". www.nogaroblue.com. Retrieved 2018-07-15.