08-31-2011, 09:45 AM
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A True Z Fanatic
Join Date: Jul 2010
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Originally Posted by red6spd
Here are some stats I found from Motor Trend
2011 WRX STI Sedan
Curb Weight-- 3262
0-60-- 5.0
1/4 Mile-- 13.8@97.6
Braking-- 60-0 113FT
Lateral Acceleration-- .93g
MT Figure Eight-- 25.5 sec @ 0.73 g (avg)
2011 Nissan 370Z Touring
CURB WEIGHT-- 3362 lb
0-60--4.9
QUARTER MILE--13.4@105.2
BRAKING--60-0 102 ft
LATERAL ACCELERATION--1.01 g (avg)
MT FIGURE EIGHT 24.7 @ 0.76 g
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Cool. Proves my point. The z is designed around benchmarks, so it looks "good" in magazine tests. The high G numbers are fundamentally flawed due to the poor handling characteristics (limiting understeer). It gives great LA numbers, and poor track times at the limit.
If you use magazine test numbers as anything but a ballpark estimate of performance, you are doing it wrong.
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