It must depend on which manufacturer you go for. Land Rover give 0-60 mph and 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph): http://discovery.landrover.com/gb/explore/specifications/SDV6%20Diesel%20Automatic
Jaguar give 0-60 mph and 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph): http://www.jaguar.co.uk/jaguar-range/f-type/pricing-specs/engines-performance.html#skip-tertiary Lotus give 0-60 mph and 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph): http://www.lotuscars.com/gb/our-cars/current-range/exige-specifications -- C. On 17 December 2013 06:00, Michael Payne <[email protected]> wrote: > Every online brochure I've looked at from the UK list the acceleration as > 0-62 mph only. I've looked at quite a few recently as I'm interested in > buying a car in Europe. So it seems car manufacturers quote only the 0-62 > mph figure. The reason I look at UK websites is they are in English but > still reflect vehicles available in Europe. As a consequence I'm not > interested in the non metric data at all. > > You will see from the 2 web sites and the Honda brochure, all give 0-62 > mph only. > > Mike Payne > > http://info.citroen.co.uk/Assets/pdf/new-cars/selection/new-brochure.pdf > https://www.bmw.co.uk/en_GB/new-vehicles/3/saloon/2011/technical-data.html > > > > > > On 16/12/2013, at 07:45 , Charles Peyto <[email protected]> wrote: > > The car manufacturers generally quote both the 0-60 mph AND the 0-100 km/h > (0-62 mph) figures. > > It is the car buyers and motoring journalists being familiar with their > customer base, who tend to be interested in only the mph data. > > It is the same with fuel consumption data. The manufacturers give both mpg > and L/100 km data, but only a minority of consumers are interested in > anything but the mpg figures. > > > -- > C. > > > > On 16 December 2013 12:17, Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Maybe it is the motor manufacturers who prefer imperial figures. >> >> >> >> It takes at least 6.7% longer for a car to reach 62 mph than it does for >> it to reach 60 mph, so using 60 mph rather than 62 mph could be construed >> as a way of deceiving the customer, especially if the acceleration was >> calculated as an adjunct to fuel consumption figures using the official EU >> standards (see >> http://www.dft.gov.uk/vca/fcb/the-fuel-consumption-testing-scheme.asp). >> >> >> >> The figure of 6.7% was arrived at by noting that the kinetic energy of >> the car is proportional to V^2 and by assuming that the engine is >> delivering constant power (ie the rate of energy generation is constant) >> and that friction, air resistance etc are sufficiently small that the >> additional drag they produce can be neglected. >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >> Behalf Of *Charles Peyto >> *Sent:* 16 December 2013 10:32 >> *To:* U.S. Metric Association >> *Cc:* U.S. Metric Association >> *Subject:* [USMA:53441] RE: 0 to 100 km/h Performance Measure for >> Automotive Acceleration >> >> >> >> There is NO such law in the UK. 0-60 mph is the common measure of car >> performance, Wikipedia is correct. >> >> >> >> The only time units are regulated in the UK is for certain activities >> involving the sale of items per unit of measure (usually metric has to be >> used, but for some things imperial is still mandated) and for some public >> administration activities such as the wording of legislation. >> >> >> >> In general, the use of units are not regulated in the UK. The population >> are free to use whichever units they like. The general preference is >> imperial units for most things, as reflected by the BBC in their output. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> C. >> >> >> -- >> >> C. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 12 December 2013 20:36, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Actually, in the UK it is the law to quote acceleration times as 0 to 62 >> mph (= 100 km/h), so it is ONLY the USA that uses 0 to 60 mph. >> >> John F-L >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Ressel, Howard (DOT) >> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 8:25 PM >> To: U.S. Metric Association >> Subject: [USMA:53430] RE: 0 to 100 km/h Performance Measure for >> Automotive Acceleration >> >> I agree, we Americans tend to be a bit arrogant and thing that the only >> way is the US way. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of [email protected] >> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 3:19 PM >> To: U.S. Metric Association >> Subject: [USMA:53429] 0 to 100 km/h Performance Measure for Automotive >> Acceleration >> >> My co-worker recently recounted to me her discussion with a car salesman >> who claimed that 0 to 60 mph is the ONLY performance measure for automotive >> acceleration used worldwide. He told her this during a discussion in which >> she was telling him about her co-worker (that's >> me) who advocates United States metrication. The salesman was arguing >> that the US should keep its worthy standards because of their worldwide >> use. I did a little poking around on Wikipedia and discovered that the time >> it takes to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph is a commonly used performance >> measure for automotive acceleration in the United States and the United >> Kingdom. In the rest of the world 0 to >> 100 km/h is used. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_to_60_mph so the car >> salesman was just making it up. I think many Americans tend to make things >> up or just assume things based on their limited experience. >> Educate yourselves and be prepared to educate your fellow Americans so we >> can complete American metrication one person at a time. >> >> David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917 >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/6914 - Release Date: 12/12/13 >> >> >> > > > >
