Fastest Cars Under $50,000

Black Sheep · 05-21-2010, 12:54 PM

Found this on Yahoo today....

http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/auto...s-under-50000/

Sylon · 05-21-2010, 01:25 PM

Read that yesterday, thought the top speed numbers were a little off.

Black Sheep · 05-21-2010, 01:31 PM

Its right, just they tested a Non sport 135i

KingOfJericho · 05-21-2010, 01:32 PM

Isn't this a really old article?

jeremyc74 · 05-21-2010, 01:38 PM

They forgot the fastest thing you can buy for under $50k....the Corvette.

MSRP is $48.9k

NYC6 · 05-21-2010, 01:39 PM

The biggest glaring omission on the list is the Corvette. The C6 comes out on top of damn near every performance contest and can do it under the $50K cutoff.

BoostedTerp · 05-21-2010, 02:07 PM

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Ford's GT500 packs a supercharged 5.4-liter V8 engine with 305 horsepower and 208 pound feet of torque. The SS also has a V8, but this one's even bigger: a 6.2-liter, 426-horsepower engine. Both cars have standard 6-speed manual transmissions.

May want to check what's under the hood of that "GT500"

bryce · 05-21-2010, 03:35 PM

other noticeable omissions include the wrx/sti and lancer evolution. i also found it interesting that the 0-60 for the 135i was rated at 5.1 seconds, while most magazine reviews have it in the 4.7 range.

Sylon · 05-21-2010, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by bryce

other noticeable omissions include the wrx/sti and lancer evolution. i also found it interesting that the 0-60 for the 135i was rated at 5.1 seconds, while most magazine reviews have it in the 4.7 range.

Its rated at 5.1 from BMW. The 4.7 times you are seeing probably include a 1ft roll out.

jeremyc74 · 05-21-2010, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by bryce

other noticeable omissions include the wrx/sti and lancer evolution. i also found it interesting that the 0-60 for the 135i was rated at 5.1 seconds, while most magazine reviews have it in the 4.7 range.

The list generally sucked honestly. They glossed over a lot of vehicles. It's like the person writing it didn't really know anything about cars, and was given the assignment in the morning meeting to be completed by the afternoon.

Weak reporting IMO.

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