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Chris Tsui

Why 0-60 MPH Is The Standard For Measuring Car Acceleration

When your car-obsessed buddy, a professional car journalist, or even the automaker itself says something like, "The McLaren 750S gets from zero to 60 miles per hour in 2.3 seconds,” you know that’s a quick car. Highway speed from a standstill in about the same amount of time it takes to phonetically say “McLaren seven-fifty S" is no small feat.

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