Confusion over VF SS 0-100 times

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Originally Posted by 1TUFFUTE

Just saw ANOTHER official drag test on utube between a merc c63 and the vf GTS.
The GTS did a best of 4.6 0-100 again. Considering the roll out, the grip at a track,it's wide grippy tyres,it's new diff,launch control and that big fat supercharged engine(aswell as many other little things)......that seriously is not very fast in a straight line considering every ford turbo model and GT can do high 4s to low 5s on the street!

Be interesting to see more and more owners with stock VFs at the track over time to see how consistant these times really are. I mean the GTS has had DRAG STRIP times from 4.2 right up to 4.7. That's a huge difference!
Mind you I'm not sure how they get the numbers for 0-100 at the track if they're using the timing lights.

Even though the GTS has gone faster, 4.6 seconds 0-100 its still not a bad time for a stock car that would weigh almost 2000kg with driver. In saying that I think the GTS's speciality is more its braking and handling rather than straight line acceleration, even though obviously its not really lacking in that area