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      05-17-2019, 06:15 PM   #60
chris719
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Drives: '08 M Roadster
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Originally Posted by Davil View Post
“It's less a question of whether or not the Supra's 335-hp inline-six is underrated, and more about how much.”

“Our best runs involved a light dollop of brake torquing to get engine revs off idle and then carefully applying the gas pedal to avoid excessive wheelspin. The launch-control program, which was inconsistent in its engagement, was considerably slower.”

“By 100 mph, the Supra falls behind the Camaro SS 1LE and the M2, and, by 150 mph, the Supra is trailing those two by 1.5 and 3.2 seconds, respectively.”

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a2...on-zero-to-60/

Nice car.
Not sure where they are getting their numbers from. The Supra is slightly faster to 150 mph according to their own 2016 instrumented tests of both the 6MT and DCT M2.
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