Capable of reaching 125mph in 8.7 seconds - Clanger
So trumpets the photo caption of this week's car test in the local free paper. The car? Not some 1200 bhp Veyron-beater but a humble Renault Twingo. All for a credit-crunch-busting £12K.

Read the caption again and it doesn't say what the starting speed is; probably 124mph.

Or the author may have left a critical few words out ...

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Capable of reaching 125mph in 8.7 seconds - Screwloose

Is that when you leave it parked on a level crossing in front of an on-coming Eurostar?

Or would that be 0-125 in 0.87 seconds?
Capable of reaching 125mph in 8.7 seconds - Altea Ego
Is that when you leave it parked on a level crossing in front of an
on-coming Eurostar?
Or would that be 0-125 in 0.87 seconds?


SNCF drivers are on strike, so thats 0-0 in 8 days
Capable of reaching 125mph in 8.7 seconds - maz64
Funnily enough it also gives the 0-62 time as 8.7 seconds in the 'specifications' at the bottom of the article, and the top speed as 125mph...
Capable of reaching 125mph in 8.7 seconds - grumpyscot
That's until it conks out when the electrics fail..................
Capable of reaching 125mph in 8.7 seconds - DP
Yawn...^^^^^
Capable of reaching 125mph in 8.7 seconds - commerdriver
got his kph mixed up with his mph
Capable of reaching 125mph in 8.7 seconds - maz64
got his kph mixed up with his mph


I think they just combined the 0-62 with the top speed.