Talk:List of fastest production cars by acceleration

Acceleration

I'd be interested in seeing a plot of distance by time for a typical car acceleration test. Lee De Cola (talk) 05:20, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

No such thing as a typical plot. It would differ according to where the engine's maximum torque is, the gearing, the time that we hit the maximum flow rate of the injectors or air input and many other variables. There would also be steps at every gear change (which probably don't happen on most electric cars). All we can really say is that with time it gets further away.  Stepho  talk  07:24, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Ferrari 288 GTO Evoluzione

Hello, I was wondering if this 1985 car can somehow be mentioned (somewhere in this article) as its 0-60 time is 2.8 s and legally allowed on the road and, eventually sold new to those who could afford it. I realize its production run was limited to six. It's just that it took the rest of the [automotive] industry, TWENTY years to produce a road legal car doing 0-60 in under 3 s (Veyron). In as much as it doesn't meet the 25 car criteria, there's got to be a way to mention it here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.53.51.129 (talk) 20:24, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

This is one of those difficult decisions. The 25 limit was chosen because some manufacturers will hand-make one or 2 cars for some special purpose and then claim some record. These are usually not representative of the normal production vehicles. We could relax that number down to 6 but then we would have to start including a lot of hand-made specials. This is similar to how a lot of racing bodies need 100 (or some other arbitrary amount) to be be built and sold for "production" racing. Sadly, we have to stick to our rules or not bother having rules.  Stepho  talk  22:28, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Ferrari GTO Evoluzione

To the censor that deleted my message in this TALK page. Wikipedia keeps reminding their readers how so few people donate to its "encyclopedic" cause. Of the many reasons, THIS is one of them, there I thought it was considerate to go through the TALK page before anything else, nah... You delete on a whim, without even considering the time a person put-up for writing a comment, dismissively without even saying why, confirming your reputation to be a "just us" club. You're just so despicable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.53.51.129 (talk) 21:21, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

I've checked the recent history and nobody deleted your message. It was moved from the top to the bottom of the page because new message topics customarily are put at the bottom of the page, not the top. You can verify this technique from the dates on the first message within each of the other topics. Also, add a signature by placing ~~~~ at the end of your messages. This helps us keep track of who said what and when they said it.  Stepho  talk  22:33, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Challenger Demon 170

You can try hide the truth for a long time, but you won't hide it forever. Some editors are trying to censor the astonishing fact that a V8 ICE motor is still rocking out there. I comprehend your frustration but wiki will bring us the truth. mcg (talk) 13:45, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

The manufacturer has made a claim. However, it is in the interests of manufacturers to exaggerate their claims and to sometimes even outright lie about them - better claims lead to more sales. Practically all of the major manufacturers have given in to the temptation at some time. Therefore, we need an independent test. And it must be a stock car, with the same tyres, same brakes, pump fuel and no equipment deleted/added/modified/swapped. Magazines repeating the manufacturer claims do not count. If the claim is true then an independent test will verify it.  Stepho  talk  00:00, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Time decimals precision

9.1 means 9.1 s +- 0.1 s since it does not imply 9.10 (could be 9.19 e.g.). So we could can't be sure 9.1 is faster than 9.15 nor slower. In the doubt we should place it behind waiting for more precise measures. gtp (talk) 08:06, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Previous discussions are at:

• Talk:List_of_fastest_production_cars_by_acceleration/Archive_3#3.0_seconds_or_less
• Talk:List_of_fastest_production_cars_by_acceleration/Archive_3#Proposed_methodology_(draft);_for_the_Decimal_numbers_discussion

Nothing came of it but many good points were raised.  Stepho  talk  13:32, 8 December 2024 (UTC)