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psarhjinian @ Jan 16th 2008 10:56AM
My father has a 67 slant-six Valiant that could barely get out of it's own way, and the 76 Aspen that suceeded it wasn't much better. My European cousins have sub-1.5L diesels that can do 0-60 eventually and my old 87 Corolla wasn't a champ, either.
The Fit does it in under 10 (barely under 10, mind you) and has a 1.5. Remember its only recently that mass-market cars could get sub-7 and sub-6 times; other than the horsepower explosions of the late 60s.early 70s and right now, 10+ was the norm.
North Americans are spoiled for power. People talk about the fabulous 400+ cid engines of the past, but forget that, by and large, people were actually buying much more modest cars. Even today we have a Camry (a Camry!) that can nearly break six seconds. That's sheer madness.