09 7AT times?

[Achilles]

Originally Posted by G_iantkiller

I, too, have been eager to see any "official" test times for the '09 coupe (non-X) with the 7AT. The only one that I've seen thus far is one from Popular Mechanics (http://www.popularmechanics.com/blog...s/4306387.html). In this article, they test the 2009 7AT G37 coupe vs. the 2010 Hyundai Genesis coupe.

In this comparison, they pulled a 5.69 0-60 and a 13.90 quarter-mile @ 101.2. I'm not familiar with Popular Mechanics testing, so I don't know if they normally get "good" times or not, but I am a bit disappointed...especially in light of the G37 sedan's reported times and the G37x's reported times.

5.69 and you're disappointed? Gotta remember that it's not an off-the-line car nor is it very light. It's a beast as far as weight is concerned, especially with the 7AT.

[G_iantkiller]

I hear ya, Achilles. It's just that I was expecting something in the very low 5's, given the great review on the G37 sedan. I know the G sedan is some lighter, but something just seems wrong when a model's sedan is faster than the coupe. Also, the G37x coupe's numbers pushed me to expect more. I understand the traction advanage of the Gcx, but I didn't think the spread would be that great. Oh, well...

Don't get me wrong, I still love the G coupe.

[KAHBOOM]

0-60 is not a good measure of acceleration. Sure it gives you a relative indication but quarter mile and trap speeds are better to look at. Folks should stop fretting over tenths of a second to 60 MPH. That can be made up or loss very quickly. However a couple of tenths of a second in the quarter mile at 100 + MPH is a nopticeable difference- two car lengths.

With that said unless there is at least half second gap between two times posted from a test done in the exact same conditions -0-60 times don't mean much. When you get beyond that- 1/2 second or more- then you might be able to make a relative claim that one car is sigficantly quicker than another.

Even then if someone doesn't really know how to launch a car or if one mag uses a different technique than another (ex using a roll out before starting the clock) then the numbers wont help much comparitively speaking.

Please take a look at the link, th ecar has already proven capable of very low 5s... 5.2 0-60 and 13.7 in the quarter. Thus it's a bit counterintuitive to look at the worst times and conclude that is what the car can do.