dunebuggy

I've only been on the Lexus forum for a little while. But I'm frankly so excited to be joining the Lexus family, I thought I'd indulge in this just for fun

Something we tend to forget is just how far car performance has come over the years. Modern SUVs/Crossovers now have performance far superior to cars of decades past. But even in terms of pure acceleration, a modern crossover will outpace a lot of classics.

If you know cars well, you won't be surprised by the following.
But if you still find "sporty appearance" alluring, you may be.

Using a little pocketbook calls "Cars" (published in 1987) that I owned as a boy, and which is filled with spec sheets of many sports cars available in 1987, here are a few cars the NX 200t F-Sport will match or surpass for speed alone...

2015 Lexus NX 200t F-Sport
0-60mph = 6.9 seconds



Compared to...

Ginetta G32
0-60mph - 7.2 seconds



TVR S Convertible
0-60mph - 7.0 seconds



Toyota Supra 3.0i
0-60mph - 7.7 seconds



Toyota MR2 T-Bar
0-60mph - 7.7 seconds



Porsche 944s
0-60mph - 7.9 seconds



Mazda RX-7
0-60mph - 8.5 seconds



Lotus Excel S.A.
0-60mph - 8.6 seconds



1983 Porsche 911 Cabriolet
0-60mph - 6.9 seconds



1983 Lamborghini Jalpa
0-60mph - 7.2 seconds



1982 Ferrari 308 GTS
0-60mph - 7.2 seconds




Only a fraction (0.1) quicker than the NX, are these next two...

1991 Porsche 911 Carrera 2
0-60mph - 6.8 seconds



Ferrari Mondial
0-60mph - 6.8 seconds



And finally, the NX is not faster than this either.
But consider that it is less than 2 seconds behind, and according to my old books, the Testarossa was only rated for 5.8 seconds back in 1987 (only 1.1 faster). Although other online figures today do rate it for 5.0 seconds. Still slower than a Porsche Macan Turbo.

Ferrari Testarossa




Feel free to add more, if you think of any

mwl7698

Very interesting perspective. Thanks for sharing!

MerlinT

Wow! Very nice pictures, and souvenirs

Swacer

This isn't overly surprising, the 1980s was a rather poor time for cars considering we were on the back half of the oil crisis and the bull%#(*$ emissions standards.