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Modern cars are powerful. Today there's no car on the market today that doesn't have enough power. The cheapest cars you can buy, small sub $20k hatchbacks, are
by AnotherGoodName 3y ago
Modern cars are powerful. Today there's no car on the market today that doesn't have enough power. The cheapest cars you can buy, small sub $20k hatchbacks, are all around 100kw. They all have performance figures that beat sports cars from the 1970s.
The limiting factor on early acceleration (0-60kph) today for all cars is now tyres. Beyond that air resistance might make more engine power matter but in general it's all about the tyres. Every car can spin their wheels at the lights if they want to. If you feel the need to floor it at the lights you're showing off your tyres not your engine power (and also wearing them out).
- toss1 3y ago"There's nothing like bad tires to make it sound hot off the line..." (racetrack joke — — who needs a big engine to squeal the tires when a set of crummy tires will do it even better?)
- sokoloff 3y ago"There is no such thing as too much horsepower...just not enough traction" ~ Carroll Shelby
- Fatnino 3y agoSub $20k vehicles do not exist in this day and age.
- mycall 3y ago[new cars]
- wernercd 3y agoNissan Versa is 16k. Kia Rio is 17k. Mitsubishi Mirage is 17k. https://www.caranddriver.com/features/g44830210/cheapest-new-cars/ https://www.caranddriver.com/features/g44830210/cheapest-new... There may not be a LOT of cars in that price range but they definitely exist.
- 2Gkashmiri 3y agoLet me introduce to you tata tiag ev. https://tiagoev.tatamotors.com/ https://tiagoev.tatamotors.com/ A sub $10k "electric" vehicle that's essentially the best selling electric car in india right now because of it's price. A 4 star global ncap rated car so not a death box btw
- ChainOfFools 3y ago0 to 60 in 5.7 .... a sub 10k car putting up the same numbers as a 1980s Ferrari Testarossa. I'm embarrassed to have at one point unironically thought of myself as a serious Car Guy. EVs have done so much to expose mainstream male-oriented car culture as an utterly ridiculous and performative costume ball for manchildren.
- sushid 3y agoIt's 0 to 60 in km/h* FYI
- ChainOfFools 3y agoOh thanks for pointing that out, I did not even notice they had switched units. When these comparisons are made normally if kilometers are being used as the unit then the zero to 100 time is given to make a comparable to miles. I don't think I've ever seen 0 to 60 times listed in kilometers per hour even in markets where km is the customary unit of distance. Is this something normally done for the Indian market? I suppose as 0 to 37-ish mph time of 5.7 seconds is respectable for travel on surface streets, but my joke comparison to the Testarossa rather falls down now. Assuming acceleration remains linear until 60 miles per hour then this little box will come in at just a hair over 9 seconds. Still, that puts it right in the same ballpark as a V8 powered Camaro from the mid 80s.
- 2Gkashmiri 3y agothis is a family car. it is NOT supposed to be fast, heck it will spend most of its operating life running in less than 60 KMPH. and yes, 0-100 KMPH is the standard because KM and not miles is the standard. 0-60 is for those chasing numbers, 0-40, 0-60, 0-100, these are all for those who want to advertise how fast a machine is or for breaking records. indian roads are NOT for driving at 100 KMPH on a regular basis. highways and expressways but that is not normal driving in india
- balfirevic 3y agoFiat Panda and Renault Twingo start around 50 kW.