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Originally Posted by Gdiddy23
Wonder why EU models are rated so much different in 0-60 times when there's only an 8 HP difference?
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Also, remember that if you are comparing 0-60mph to 0-100kph (62mph). It may seem like a meaningless difference, but when you are counting tenths it matters. It probably takes just over 1 second to get from 60-70mph, so the 2mph from 60-62 should add approximately 0.2sec to the 0-60 time.
So you can estimate that the 4.3sec 0-100kph in the video below, would translate to roughly a 4.1sec 0-60mph. Then, if the Draggy is not subtracting the 1ft rollout (not sure), to compare to the Car & Driver data, you would need to adjust for the 0.3sec rollout, which gets you further down to 3.8. Maybe with a better launch you could get another tenth or two better.
I assume the manufacturers 0-60 times are not adjusting for rollout like the magazines do, so probably subtract about 0.3 seconds from their published times to get to "magazine equivalent". It seems that even with that adjustment, the BMW figures may still be a little conservative based on the C&D test.