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Old 11-11-2006, 10:04 PM   #5
Lagom
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Originally Posted by Boss 290
it has to rev out nearly twice as hard just to make less torque...it sounds fishy
The acceleration figures sound possible - highly strung engines can hide their torque deficit during standing start acceleration and the 6 speed will help mask that further. Think Honda S2000 - hardly any torque down low, but rev it out and you'll find those 176kW somewhere in that 2.0.

High gear acceleration from low revs is where the Falcon would beat the Aurion comfortably, I'd expect.

Aurion is lighter and with 200kW has a reasonable amount of power. I could see how it would be similar to a Falcon in standing start acceleration.

Looking at the figures, Drive has used a fairly relaxed launch technique, so the FWD disadvantage there would be reduced as well.
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