0-60 in 5.3, 1/4 in 13.8 @ 101 - sounds like decent times for a chipped 2.7T, right????.....NOT!!!
03-02-2007, 07:38 AM
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0-60 in 5.3, 1/4 in 13.8 @ 101 - sounds like decent times for a chipped 2.7T, right????.....NOT!!!
Those are the figures just published in Road and Track for the LEXUS GS350 AWD!
This is the V-6 model, not the V-8, and it's a friggin' Lexus-boring-luxo-mobile, yet it's quicker in a straight line than any C5 or C6 except the RS 6 and V-10 C6 S6!
I know, I know, acceleration is only one part of a complex equation that makes up a car, but it's still disheartening to me.
NO, I still wouldn't want one, but.......my wife would probably like it just fine, particularly at a list price of about $49K decently-equipped.
Moral of the story: Audi had better pull than 2.9T off the shelf sometime soon and stuff it in the C6!
As an aside, they also have a short take on the C6 S6 in the current issue, and it ran 0-60 in 5.1, and the 1/4 in 13.5 @ 106.7. Problem is, it costs $80K. Sigh.<ul><li><a href="http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=4851">Cars are gettin' FASTER!</a></li></ul>
This is the V-6 model, not the V-8, and it's a friggin' Lexus-boring-luxo-mobile, yet it's quicker in a straight line than any C5 or C6 except the RS 6 and V-10 C6 S6!
I know, I know, acceleration is only one part of a complex equation that makes up a car, but it's still disheartening to me.
NO, I still wouldn't want one, but.......my wife would probably like it just fine, particularly at a list price of about $49K decently-equipped.
Moral of the story: Audi had better pull than 2.9T off the shelf sometime soon and stuff it in the C6!
As an aside, they also have a short take on the C6 S6 in the current issue, and it ran 0-60 in 5.1, and the 1/4 in 13.5 @ 106.7. Problem is, it costs $80K. Sigh.<ul><li><a href="http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=4851">Cars are gettin' FASTER!</a></li></ul>
03-02-2007, 09:42 AM
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I find that interesting as the GS is bigger than the IS
the IS AWD is more in the 8 second ballpark for 0-60 for it's AWD, the v8 is quicker but is RWD, but I thought the GS was heavier than the IS, quite interesting indeed.
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Wanna hazard a guess as to the measured lateral acceleration of a sport-suspended C5? >>>
>>> .79G, as measured by Car and Driver in 2000.
Don't get me wrong, I understand your point - the S6 will of course handle better than the GS, but NO WAY should the straight line acceleration of these 2 cars be that close.
Don't get me wrong, I understand your point - the S6 will of course handle better than the GS, but NO WAY should the straight line acceleration of these 2 cars be that close.
