OT: Car performance list?

Jul 14, 2009 8 Replies

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Adrian

Terry Pinnell gurgled happily, sounding much That's because it simply won't exist. Feel free to compile it, though.

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Asked this a week ago in uk.rec.driving but no helpful replies so wonder if anyone here knows please?



Can anyone point me to a web page showing a comprehensive list of basic performance data for all 'modern' cars. OK, vague definition, but say made since at least say 1960.



I'm thinking of something that shows at least make, model, horsepower,



0-60 mph time, 30 - 50 mph time and max speed. Rather like the tables I used to see at the back of car mags.

After a fair bit of googling I still haven't found one.


-- Terry, East Grinstead, UK


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A

Terry Pinnell gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

That's because it simply won't exist.

Feel free to compile it, though.

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Chris

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Not really what you're looking for, but I find

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has useful info.

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T

Thanks Chris, that's a good start, although many of the makes I checked don't include 0-60 mph times.

Must say I'm surprised that the tables I recall from the old car mags don't seem easy to find online. Wish I'd left them in the loft instead of dumping them a decade or so ago!

-- Terry, East Grinstead, UK

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Thanks Jack but the drop-down list on that site appears to start at

1990. So models like my Triumph 2.5, Audi 100, and Granada Scorpio aren't included.

-- Terry, East Grinstead, UK

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You could buy a copy of Autocar. Gives most current models and some of the more popular oldies.

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Thanks Dave, I'll take a look during my next trip to the local WH Smiths. Hopefully the road test data is more comprehensive than appears from the reviews on their web site? At

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only two reviews I see are the Triumph TR5 (68-69) and TriumphSpitfire (75-80). Nor does the Scorpio make it to the list.

-- Terry, East Grinstead, UK

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There are two pages - but they do say 'every important car we've tested'. No Scorpio ;-) and the only Triumph is the Dolly Sprint.

But unlike other mags they only give their own figures from cars they've tested.

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