16 Older Performance Cars Slower Than a Toyota Prius in the Figure Eight | List in post
2005 Mercedes CL65 AMG
2012 VW Golf R
2004 Cadillac CTS-V
2013 Subaru BRZ
2006 Dodge Charger SRT8
2007 Maserati Quattroporte
2009 Pontiac G8 GXP
2005 Bentley Continental GT
2006 BMW M5
2012 Mazda Miata
2008 Ford Mustang Bullitt
2015 Bentley Mulsanne Speed
2004 Mazda RX-8
2007 Mazdaspeed 3 2007 Mercedes E63 AMG
Posted Apr 4, 2019, 3:54 AM UTC
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This article is fishy. I have driven a few of these cars and many priuii and there is just simply no way this can be accurate. Did they buy these old cars used off craigslist in whatever condition? It's like all the old cars were on winter tires.
Have you driven all those cars around a figure 8? Because that's what the article is talking about.
Obviously, the Prius isn't that fast in a straight line (keep in mind a Chevy Volt has the same 0-60 time as an automatic BRZ), but apparently it can corner well enough, hence the similar figure 8 times.
Well I have autocross experience but not with those cars. I think they wrote the article first and then got their "data" afterwards. There's just no way.