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Are street-legal in their intended markets and capable of passing any official ... Current production car – 1,371 mm (54.0 in) ... Quickest 0 to 97 km/h (0 to 60 ...
0.67 kW (0.9 hp) First commercially available automobile in history Benz Velo: 1894 1.1 kW (1.5 hp; 1.5 PS) First production car [55] Peugeot Type 15: 1897 6 kW (8 hp; 8 PS) Peugeot's first in-house engine [56] Daimler Phoenix 1899 17 kW (23 hp; 23 PS) First four-cylinder road car [57] Mercedes 35 HP: 1901 26 kW (35 hp; 35 PS)
The road going model called the SCG 003S, wherein the S denotes "Stradale" (Street), will be powered by a 4.4 L (268.5 cu in) BMW twin-turbocharged V8 engine tuned to generate a maximum power output of 750 hp (559 kW) and 800 N⋅m (590 lb⋅ft) of torque enabling the 2,866 lb (1,300 kg) car to accelerate from a standstill to 60 mph in 3 seconds.
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By 0–60 mph (97 km/h) (less than 3.0 s) [ edit ] Many elements change how fast the car can accelerate to 60 mph. [ ii ] [ iii ] Tires, elevation above sea level, weight of the driver, testing equipment, weather conditions and surface of testing track all influence these times. [ 3 ]
First production car 1949 Jaguar XK120: 200.5 km/h (124.6 mph) [4] 3,442 cc (210.0 cu in) inline-6 119 kW (162 PS; 160 hp) 12,000 Some publications cite the XK120's timed top speed as almost 214 km/h (133 mph) in 1949. [5] The XK120 that achieved this speed was a tuned prototype, not a production car.
In the rest of the world, 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62.1 mph) is used. Present production model performance cars are capable of going from 0 to 60 mph in under 5 seconds, while some exotic supercars can do 0 to 60 mph in between 2 and 3 seconds. Motorcycles have been able to achieve these figures with sub-500cc since the 1990s. [1]