Today's community question: What slow cars have fooled you into thinking they’re fast?
Pedigree, good looks and great marketing are very persuasive tools, something which Ferrari used to great effect when promoting the Mondial.
Pedigree, good looks and great marketing are very persuasive tools, something which Ferrari used to great effect when promoting the Mondial. Featuring styling by Pininfarina, an innovative mid-engined layout and a clever monocoque chassis, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the Mondial was a proper little supercar.
Not so. With only 205bhp being produced from its 3.0-litre Tipo F106B FI V8, the Mondial had a 0-62mph time of 8.2 seconds. In other words a current BMW 320d could beat it away from the lights.
But Ferrari isn’t the only company to pull the wool over our eyes, so we want to know: What other slow cars have fooled you into thinking that they’re fast? Let us know!
Comments
Golf R32
Tiburon.
Hyundai Veloster
Not with the turbo, that’ll get you faster to 60 than a 2005 GTI
As we say, The answer is always Miata…
My Honda insight. When you Hit the gas, the electro motor Will kick in give a little bit more power but When you reach 30 km/h it crawls to the 100
Surely the Toyota Celica falls into this category?
its faster than you think tho (40-60 goes quite fast)
This thing.
Miata
is this the same one?
BMW M5 E39 and Mercedes Benz E55 AMG 1999 model