OT: Cheap cars (was: 1%...)

From: Jeff Hellige <jhellige_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Wed Aug 1 19:32:58 2001

>Sure, but by 1976 the fastest production car being sold was a Lotus Europa
>John Player Special with if my memory isn't too defective had 118 HP from a
>1.6L engine. Zero to 60 MPH was a modest mid 6 second time, but I think it
>was just enough to edge out Z-28, which had lots more power, but twice the
>weight.

        Does the 427 Cobra roadster still hold the all-time 0-60? I
know that it used to be the fastest production car in that respect
and was listed in Guiness <sp?> for a while, though I've not looked
at one in years.

        Jeff
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