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Originally Posted by cossie1600
I don't keep up with a lot of straight line stuff, but a quick search on google shows people doing 12.5 to 12.8 on a stock GT (priced similar to a 370). Road course it would depends on the course, in theory there is an extra 80hp for about 500lbs in weight penalty. It should be helpful in courses with long straights.
You define sports cars as something that is fast through 1/4 mile, some people doesn't. Do you know what is the best selling sports car of all time? Miata. Lotus seems to be doing okay with cars that can barely hit 13s, you saying they don't have sports cars? Straight line acceleration is not hard to accomplish, building a car that is fun to drive and can sell to the masses are much harder to do. My wife's SUV does 14.0 flat, that shows how lame comparing 1/4 time is.
Mazda had good intentions with the car, but they made some serious blunders on it. At the end of the day, the project was a success financially as the car sold 100K unit in its run.
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That was doing a quick search on the GT... 12.5-12.8 seems pretty low for a completely stock GT, but i'm not saying it would be out of the question for a car with it's power output.
I am not one who really cares much about straight line honestly, but like I said... it's just because I did just a quick search and was comparing that the power of a 370 vs the GT isn't in the same ballpark, yet the 1/4 times are. They had a 13.2 (perhaps with a bad driver or bad conditions) vs the Z that most have had at 13.3-13.5 that people here are regularly running very low 13's and occasionally high 12's.