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Originally Posted by niky
0-30 mph is dictated more by gearing and weight than power.
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I don't think so. Take for instance a perfect comparison opportunity: an Insight with and without assist active. With assist, it has reasonable acceleration from a stop. Without, it takes seconds to get to 10-15 mph or so. Which I'll tell you can be a little nerve-wracking when you e.g. pull out on to a busy highway expecting to accelerate...
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Because ain't nobody doing burnouts from the stoplight unless they want a ticket.
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Anyone doing burnouts is driving less than efficiently. The object is to keep just below the point where you lose traction.
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And merging onto the freeway, hardly anyone does full-bore acceleration.
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Maybe
that's their problem, then.
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A light, small-engined car will suffer little performance deficit to a heavy, large-engined car untill aero comes into play...
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Whereas a light car with a reasonably-sized engine will outperform both. See e.g. any Lotus, or for less money the Honda CRX.