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Originally Posted by Duluth Diesel
So 16.5 seconds or 18.3 seconds. Either way that translates to "painfully slow."
To put that in perspective, a 1981 Plymouth Reliant (2.2 Auto) went 0-60 mph in 14.0 seconds. Ugh. No I'm serious look here: "Plymouth, Pontiac, Porsche" 0-60 and 1/4 mile times for Factory Stock Vehicles
So, I would hope that this little truck would be in the 8 to 10 second range. Otherwise, hauling any kind of weight or towing a trailer would knock this thing on it's arse. 
-Chuck |
I tried to make some corrections to these numbers, but I don't have anything conclusive. To split hairs, 16.5 sec. to 100kmh is more like 16.0 sec, but the other difference is the weight of the SUV is much greater than the weight of the pickups- especially the 2 door model. It was easy to find both the curb weight and gross weight for the trucks, but not so easy for the Scorpio- some sites list gross weight at 2510kg, some say kerb weight is 2510kg. It looks like that number could be the curb weight, if so then the SUV is roughly 1000 pounds heavier than the trucks. If that number is the gross weight, then the SUV is lighter than the trucks, and I don't think that's the case.
Either way, our car community these days puts greater emphasis on 0-60 acceleration than I do. My little Nissan does fine accelerating onto the expressway (only held up by the driver ahead who thinks it is the cell phone dialing lane instead of an acceleration lane) when empty, but load it down with a bunch of cargo in the back and it's a dog. I expect this truck to do better in those cases. If the guy in the Maserati behind me wants to smoke my doors off when the road gets open, he can go right ahead- I can carry more plywood than he can.