Popular test from 0 to 60 has become a standard measure of vehicle performance among industry experts and car enthusiasts, but that single metric does not paint full picture of a car’s characteristics. On the road and even on racetrack More likely, the car’s 5 to 60 mph run or rolling start results reveal more about the car’s actual performance. In a recent study, Car and driver compare the 0 to 60 mph times and 5 to 60 mph times of the vehicles to determine which vehicle has the least difference between the two results and therefore the most responsive powertrain and vice versa again.
Despite holding the title of new car with the slowest sales speed today, 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage G4 actually completed the 5 to 60 mph test a tenth of a second faster than completing the 0 to 60 mph test. year 2018 Honda Odyssey matching the Mirage’s delta, making them the two most responsive powertrains Car and driver tested. The actual time it takes each car to reach 60 mph varies widely, with the Mirage achieving a 0 to 60 time of 12.8 seconds and a 5 to 60 time of 12.7 seconds, while The Odyssey posts a 0 to 60 time of 6.7 seconds and a 5 to 60 time of 6.6 seconds.
The cars with the least responsive powertrains aren’t the culprits you might expect. The car with the least responsive transmission is the 2020 Porsche 718 Cayman T with a two-second difference between the 0-to-60 time of 4.4 seconds and the 5-to-60 time of 6.4 seconds. Then came 2020 BMW M235i xDrive Gran Coupe with a gap of 1.8 seconds between the 0 to 60 time of 4.2 seconds and the 5 to 60 time of 6 seconds. Car and driver speak,
Unsurprisingly, the least responsive powertrains are all turbocharged. The worst performer was the Porsche 718 Cayman T, with its highly turbocharged 2.0-liter flat-four engine. The 2020 manual-equipped model we tested hit 60 mph in 4.4 seconds but was two seconds slower from 5 to 60 mph. Other laggards include the 2020 BMW M235i xDrive Gran Coupe and the 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Velar P250 SE, both of which have a 1.8-second difference between 60 and 5 to 60 mph times.
The leisurely response is certainly not limited to slow vehicles. A 2021 Ford Bronco Outer Banks four-door needs 8.2 seconds to go from 5 to 60 mph, down 1.7 seconds from the 60 mph time. But a 2024 Porsche Cayman Coupe Turbo GT suffered similarly, needing 4.5 seconds in the 5-to-60 mph test compared to the 2.8-second ballistic sprint of the it goes up to 60 mph.
Not all turbocharged car However, poor performance in runs started rolling. There are 10 turbocharged models with a delta of less than 3/10th of a second between two test results. However, all the cars with the smallest delta between tests were naturally aspirated, resulting in Car and driver to conclude that modern turbocharged engines still do not provide the same linear power curve as their turbocharged counterparts natural suction partner.
Understanding that the weight the world places between 0 and 60 times only addresses a single aspect of a car’s performance level, the results derived from 5 to 60 also focus on a single and unvarnished metric. a full picture. Comparing both measurements reveals an interesting point, but these results don’t tell us much about the cars tested beyond their performance in these two tests. That said, I’m shocked at the huge gap between the Porsche 718 and the Cayenne Coupe Turbo GT. The 718 was about 45 percent slower in the rollover test than the zero-to-60 run, and the Cayman Coupe Turbo GT was more than 60 percent slower in the rollover race. Given Porsche’s pedigree and reputation, I wasn’t expecting such a large performance gap, but then again, Porsches have always been far ahead in straight-line speed.
