There isn’t a single performance metric as important as 0–60 mph times. The metric has a long and storied history, going back to the days when the famed journalist Tom McCahill waxed eloquent about the rapidly changing automotive industry of the mid-20th century. Soon, automakers realized it could be used as a powerful marketing tool to set their products apart from others, and, fast-forward to today, the metric has become the bar by which all performance vehicles are judged.
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