All articles tagged with #0 60 mph
A Car and Driver-based ranking of the ten quickest factory-stock Porsches across generations, excluding duplicates within a generation. The list runs from the 991.2 911 Turbo at 2.6 seconds to the Taycan Turbo GT with Weissach at 1.9 seconds, highlighting the shift from turbocharged gas engines to hybrid and electric powertrains, and featuring notable entries like the 918 Spyder (2.2s) and Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid (2.5s).
GM's 2026 Corvette ZR1X, the brand's fastest production car, uses a twin-turbo LT7 V8 paired with a front-axle electric motor to deliver 1,250 hp and AWD. On a prepped surface it ran a 8.675-second quarter-mile at 159 mph on pump gas with street-legal tires, and hit 0–60 in 1.68 seconds using Custom Launch Control; on an unprepped surface it did 8.99 seconds and 1.89 seconds to 60. Production began December 2025 at Bowling Green, and GM markets the ZR1X as a sub-$1 million high-performance machine.
The article highlights five new high-performance production cars capable of accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in under 5 seconds, including electric models like the Cadillac Escalade IQ, Polestar 4, and Audi SQ6 e-tron, as well as combustion engine vehicles like the Maserati MCPURA and Ford Mustang GTD, showcasing advancements in both electric and traditional automotive engineering.