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I think the point about acceleration making up for poor driving skills is very plausible. The thing is MINIMUM 0-60 is like the HP rating of the engine, you rarely ever use it! Sure Bajoos CAN do 0-60 and in 10, but I'm betting that he doesn't while he's getting 70mpg. I rarely even accelerate to 60 but when I do normally, I probably take well over 20 seconds. This is a nut behind the wheel situation.
Also, another reason I love my manual. I can pull red lines when I need to shift up at 1000 the rest of the time. There's no reason a 1.6L turbo car can't do both economy and mad acceleration, just not concurrently. All it would take is right gearing, aero, and skills, but all but a very few are lacking it some part of that equation. I'm probably lacking in the skills and am definitely lacking in the other two.
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