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Originally Posted by pierre shags
"As an all-around performer, the 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8 is capable of awe-inspiring numbers unheard-of in a muscle sedan: 0-60 mph in around 5 seconds, quarter-mile time in the 13-second range"
So an all-out American muscle car with an 6.1 liter hemi engine goes just as fast - but no faster - than my 2006 987S (for sissy, I guess) with a 3.2 liter engine - half the size.
Boxters can be fast.
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I really havent found a Boxster yet that can beat a MazdaSpeed 6 in a quarter mile. Mazdaspeed 6 will take stock SRT8 most of the time too. I never found the SRT8 to be all that fast because it weighs what? 4200 lbs???? Damn I have driven trucks that weigh less than that. Stockish MS6 can beat most Vettes and Mustang Shelby GT500's off the line due to awesome torque low 1st gear and AWD draction. So lets say I'm lined up at a light to get onto an empty freeway and I pull up next to a 987 Porsche in panties. I dont even have to try to leave cute little boxster behind. Just a couple quick accelerations from 2500 to 5500 RPM and Boxster would be spanked. But why worry just put the top down and enjoy that fine German engineering also the knowledge that I could whip butt if I just had a twisty track in front of me does make me feel better.
However seems sort of silly to me that a $25K car could spank a $50K sports car so badly, but guess thats not what sports cars are about. Us Boxster drivers share a lot in common with Miata drivers. Its not the speed its the motion. ...somthing like that.
More Mazdaspeed 6 mayhem for you doubters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XL6eJ_Kh34&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S7mHImu24o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOUU1Plrsp4&feature=related