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.

Neil Winn

30 Mar 2016

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

Karmann Ghia.. The slowest sports car ever made. That being said I’ve never expected it to be fast, but it looks as though I should have expected it to be fast. Does any of this even make sense to you?

Mitsuoka Orochi. I love the look of it although I can understand why people think it’s ugly.

The answer is always miata

Golf 2.0 GTi ………………….
My Chrysler Convertible are heavier than the Golf and still have better comfort, speed, 0-60….
Oh and yes… without turbo and less horsepower…

Delorean DMC-12 when kid i was sure that DMC-12 meant Delorean Motor Central 12 (Delorean Central Motor 12) the 12 was for V12 or something. So sad when discovered that was a rear mounted 6 banger