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First pic shows the acceleration of my 280 hp/390 Nm (not from standstill) Megane RS, should be 2,10 to 48,5 kph .. on a very good day this is. If you push it too hard it will spin the front wheels like crazy and if you are too careful you will add a couple of tenths to your time.

So one needs a 'high performance' car to get off the line at the same pace .




Actually, what happened the day before when i tried out the Alpine A110 (252 hp and 320 Nm on the rear wheels) was a slow start. Off course the very low weight and RWD make this car go easily under 2 seconds... in this case i really started way to slow so i guess a zero to 50 kph (31 mph) should be possible in 1,8 seconds.

Also notice how much faster it is to 100 kph and keeps going faster up to the quarter mile. I even lifted at around 340 meters and still was 1,2 seconds faster than the Mégane.

Count in the low weight, RWD and small frontal dimensions you realize that there's no substitute for cubic in ... errrr .... i meant low weight

Note:

Both cars share the same power plant, a 1,8 liter turbo four cilinder and the same electronics.

Both have a launch control mode but after trying a couple of time i realized much worse sprint times and loads of wheelsman and gear changes when it was too late to change gear. 

So above are done in sport mode, manual gear which means that the esp and stuff kicks in later than in normal mode. In race mode you can actually de activate everything except the ABS.

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