[6th element]

Will the 12C be the first RWD car in the club? I guess by Car & Driver's test results, it already is.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/comparison/the-two-second-club

 

[Senna]

Track tires and launch control should do the trick !!

 

[Osiris_x11]

What a time to be a car enthusiast! About 15-20 years ago, all I wanted was a 4-second car (namely a sub 5-second 0-60mph/0-62kph). Now, sub 3-seconds has seemingly become the Everest for manufacturers!

Perhaps the most amazing aspect of the MP4-12C is all that it does w/o AWD!

 

[Senna]

What a time to be a car enthusiast! About 15-20 years ago, all I wanted was a 4-second car (namely a sub 5-second 0-60mph/0-62kph). Now, sub 3-seconds has seemingly become the Everest for manufacturers!

Perhaps the most amazing aspect of the MP4-12C is all that it does w/o AWD!

I know, i remember my first ride in a 328 Ferrari, being blown away because it could wax my 7 sec XR4i... now my daughters C class benz is sub six seconds i grew up when F1 cars had 425bhp, now my wifes 4 door sedan is over 500hp, great great time to be a car nut

 

[Zonda]

What a time to be a car enthusiast! About 15-20 years ago, all I wanted was a 4-second car (namely a sub 5-second 0-60mph/0-62kph). Now, sub 3-seconds has seemingly become the Everest for manufacturers!

Perhaps the most amazing aspect of the MP4-12C is all that it does w/o AWD!

Koenigsegg Agera R is also a RWD. 1099bhp and a rear drive, thats nuts!

 

[GFWilliams]

Will the 12C be the first RWD car in the club? I guess by Car & Driver's test results, it already is.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/comparison/the-two-second-club

Atom has been able to do a sub 3 second 0-60. You need a skilled driver though!

 

[AugustWest]

I remember the cover of a Car & Driver magazine in the late '70s, with a 930 Turbo (black) coming straight at the camera against a sunset, with the screamingly huge headline:

0-60 in 5.6!!!

And that I stood there staring, unable to believe it.

 

[6th element]

I remember the cover of a Car & Driver magazine in the late '70s, with a 930 Turbo (black) coming straight at the camera against a sunset, with the screamingly huge headline:

0-60 in 5.6!!!

And that I stood there staring, unable to believe it.

Electric motors are going to make 2.5s seem like an eternity. Problem is, the batt will run out by 70!

 

[SSO]

Koenigsegg Agera R is also a RWD. 1099bhp and a rear drive, thats nuts!

My poor old K'egg CCR only has 840bhp. Can barely get off the line.

 

[6th element]

My poor old K'egg CCR only has 840bhp. Can barely get off the line.

I think there are many hypercars with the stats on paper to achieve sub-3 seconds. How many of them can actually do it, in an instrumented test, is another matter!

 

[Osiris_x11]

Electric-motor/IMA/KERS alongside the usual fossil-fuel burnin' engine, would be a novel approach to ultra high-performance hyper/super cars. It'll help w/ emissions/efficiency & low speed/demand cruising & also offer prodigious torque/power on-demand. An involved (read: complex/heavy) hybrid system though would be overkill.

My poor old K'egg CCR only has 840bhp. Can barely get off the line.

... lololols! Gotta keep'up w/ the Jone's (an American'ism), ha!

 

[AugustWest]

Is it the Hennessy Venom that's the Elise with 1,200HP? If that could stick it to the pavement, it would surely be a g-ride to 60. I agree that once you have an electric motor on each wheel the numbers will shift hugely.

But remember - when the F1 came out? The fastest car on the planet was 0-60 in about 4.5 seconds. And the F1 promptly did 3.2 (another moment re-reading a line over and over again while I tried to grasp it). It took the rest of the world 20 years to catch up. I don't think even electrics will be able to shave 1/3 off in one go. At some point there's a mechanical limit (unless you're running on a cog-rail!) to what's doable in anything you could ever also drive on the street.

 

[roundincircles]

August West

What about double rear wheels or some change to conventional thinking to achieve off the line traction. Maybe it's some form of tyre compound/construction or suction type device?

Or maybe we have to wait for the The Vulcan's to ' crack it', sorry a Vulcan would not say that, simply 'apply a solution'.

 

[SSO]

Is it the Hennessy Venom that's the Elise with 1,200HP? If that could stick it to the pavement, it would surely be a g-ride to 60. I agree that once you have an electric motor on each wheel the numbers will shift hugely.

But remember - when the F1 came out? The fastest car on the planet was 0-60 in about 4.5 seconds. And the F1 promptly did 3.2 (another moment re-reading a line over and over again while I tried to grasp it). It took the rest of the world 20 years to catch up. I don't think even electrics will be able to shave 1/3 off in one go. At some point there's a mechanical limit (unless you're running on a cog-rail!) to what's doable in anything you could ever also drive on the street.

Any idea what 0-60 is in a current F1?

 

[AugustWest]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One_car

...says 1.7 for a current F1 car (0-62)

Sorry - that's for the 2006 Renault car.

 

[Mycroft]

Will the 12C be the first RWD car in the club? I guess by Car & Driver's test results, it already is.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/comparison/the-two-second-club

Auto Express also recorded 2.9s and Auto Zeitung recorded 3.0s to 100kph.