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Yes, zero-to-60 (in mph) or zero-to-100 (in km/h) is the standard acceleration measure for cars across the world.

• aidenn0 4y ago
  Not for drag racers though, which are usually measured in speed attained from a standstill over 1/4 mile.
  • elif 4y ago
    Do you mean duration and not speed? Sure the readout gives a max speed reached but the numbers they compete over, and the numbers which establish car classes, are the time duration for the 1/4mi run.
  • squeaky-clean 4y ago
    Dragsters definitely measure their acceleration for bragging rights, it's usually a 0-100mph metric though. And of course bragging rights mean nothing if your car doesn't win the actual race. Top-Fuel dragsters race only 1000ft because they're so insanely fast it's dangerous to let them go farther and build up even more speed.
    • unwind 4y ago
      I extend the award of most confusing expression to you, for "0-100 mph metric". I know that "a metric" is not the same as "the metric (system)", but I really had to stop all neurons and think a little. Also, are 1000 ft a quarter mile? I have no idea, so I had to Google and it's not, that'd be 1,320 ft.
      • squeaky-clean 4y ago
        Haha upon reading it, that is a bad phrasing. My American is showing. Funny because I usually watch European racing series which use km, but dragsters are fun to keep track of and those are imperial. Also you can be sure 1000ft isn't a quarter mile because that's far too evenly divisible.