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Originally Posted by dark0821
I don't want to be bench racers, but people make a big deal out of it because the released specs are subpar, being more of a city car than a highway cruise missile.
The first thing I looked at is 0-100... which is 5.3 seconds, that is slower than the Golf R, Focus RS, STi... and my EVO apparently. It's not due to Honda put a bad engine in there, the engine output is fine, on par or higher than most of the competition, but it fails to get off the line because of the FWD layout... that's why people make a big deal out of it...
Other than that, yes, I am sure Honda has done their homework, I would expect the R to at least hang with the competition....
And I'm sure it will give the competition a run for their money as well. sorry to break it to you... but that is just not gonna happen... beating the competition in some tests for sure, but no where destroying them....
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Honda has never been about 0-60 times. The original Type R's were slow as s*it off the line. On a track though, that's a different story. These cars are not and never will be made for drag racing. If 0-60 matters to a person they should not be looking at Honda's.