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2008 Motor Trend Car of the Year: The Contenders

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PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
	Audi A5	Audi TT	Cadillac CTS	Chevrolet Malibu	Chrysler T&C	Dodge Avenger
0-30, sec	1.4	1.8	2.2	2.3	2.7	2.3
0-40	2.4	2.9	3.3	3.4	4.1	3.6
0-50	3.4	4.2	4.8	4.8	5.8	5.1
0-60	4.5	5.8	6.3	6.4	8.1	7
0-70	6	7.6	8.3	8.5	11.1	9.4
0-80	7.6	9.9	10.7	11.1	14.6	12.6
0-90	9.5	12.9	13.3	13.8	-	-
0-100	11.8	-	-	-	-	-
Quarter mile, sec	13.1	14.3	14.8	15	16.3	15.5
Quarter mile, mph	105.2	97.4	95.4	93.8	87.8	88.6
Passing, 45-65 MPH, sec	2.5	3.2	3.1	3.2	4.5	3.7
Acceleration score*	72.2	60.3	56.4	54.6	42	48.2
Acceleration ranking	1	2	5	8	14	10
Lateral g	0.9	0.9	0.89	0.82	0.68	0.8
60-0, ft	105	111	109	116	137	129
Figure EIGHT, sec	25.6	26.4	26.4	27.6	30.5	28.2
Figure eight, avg g	0.71	0.68	0.66	0.64	0.52	0.6
Handling score*	64	59.3	58.9	53.6	36.1	46.7
Handling Ranking	1	2	3	6	18	12
	Dodge Grand Caravan	Ford Focus	Ford Taurus	Honda Accord	M-B C350	Mini Cooper S
0-30, sec	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2	2.1
0-40	4	4.1	3.8	3.6	3.1	3.2
0-50	5.6	5.9	5.4	5.1	4.3	4.5
0-60	7.8	8.3	7.2	6.6	5.9	6.2
0-70	10.7	11.1	10	8.6	7.7	8
0-80	14.3	14.7	13.1	11.1	9.8	10.5
0-90	-	-	-	13.8	12.4	13.9
0-100	-	-	-	-	-	-
Quarter mile, sec	16.1	16.3	15.7	15.1	14.4	14.8
Quarter mile, mph	85.9	83.5	87.9	94.2	96.5	92.1
Passing, 45-65 MPH, sec	4.3	4.7	3.9	3.2	3.1	3.2
Acceleration score*	42.5	39.3	46.6	53.7	59.3	54.7
Acceleration ranking	12	15	11	9	3	7
Lateral g	0.69	0.78	0.78	0.8	0.87	0.86
60-0, ft	134	136	125	122	117	119
Figure EIGHT, sec	30.2	28.8	29	28.1	26.5	26.9
Figure eight, avg g	0.53	0.58	0.57	0.63	0.6	0.64
Handling score*	38	42.6	44.9	50.4	53.4	54.1
Handling Ranking	17	16	15	10	7	5
	Mitsubishi Lancer	Scion xB	Scion xD	Subaru WRX	Volvo C30 T5	Volvo XC70
0-30, sec	2.4	2.8	2.6	1.6	2.2	3
0-40	4	4.3	4.2	2.7	3.5	4.6
0-50	5.8	6.3	6.1	4.1	4.8	6.5
0-60	7.9	8.7	8.4	5.6	6.3	8.9
0-70	10.7	11.4	11.5	7.8	8.4	11.7
0-80	14	-	15.3	10.2	10.7	15
0-90	-	-	-	13.2	13.3	-
0-100	-	-	-	-	16.4	-
Quarter mile, sec	16.1	16.6	16.5	14.4	14.8	16.7
Quarter mile, mph	85.8	81.8	82.8	93.2	95	87.9
Passing, 45-65 MPH, sec	4.3	4.7	4.7	3.4	3	4.7
Acceleration score*	42.4	36.4	38.1	58.3	56	38.8
Acceleration ranking	13	18	17	4	6	16
Lateral g	0.84	0.81	0.79	0.84	0.81	0.8
60-0, ft	124	126	123	117	119	121
Figure EIGHT, sec	27.7	28.8	28.6	27.2	27.3	28.5
Figure eight, avg g	0.63	0.58	0.58	0.65	0.64	0.58
Handling score*	50.6	45.5	46.7	54.6	53.3	47.4
Handling Ranking	9	14	12	4	8	11
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