"Believe me the current RX8 makes a least 238 HP.  It would not accelerate as well as it does if it did not
     have at least 238 HP.
             0-60 in 5.9 seconds.
             1/4 mile in 14.5 seconds and 96 MPH.
             Top speed 144 MPH.
     I helped Automobile magazine test it at Fontana.  The proof of the pudding is driving one. The acceleration
     in the higher speed ranges is extraordinary."

Jack Beale wrote:

Paul,

    Not to toss fuel on a raging fire...  

    I'd like to mention (again) that my Acura RSX-S is quite comparable, yet gets (me) 25 mpg combined and 32/33
highway (at just under 80 mph).  Car & Driver Magazine published a road test on this car (August 2001) in which they
quote:


          0-60 mph          6.1 sec
          1/4-mi              14.8 sec @ 95 mph
          Top Speed     133 mph (drag limited)

    I still believe...  it's a pretty good bang for the buck...  about $24,000

Jack Beale
jack.beale@att.net

Not a rotary Jack. End of story. Sure you can take a tiny front wheel drive
light weight  econo box and soup it up but you still have a tiny light weight
front drive econo box. I'll bet a turbo charged Dodge Neon SRT-4 will 
whip the pants off you for only $20,000.
 
Paul Lamar
 
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