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The biggest change since it's introduction comes in 1997, and it is a new engine for the manual transmission NSX's, strangely the *automatic continues to receive the old engine, which was detuned to 252hp (??). This was the twin to the Plymouth Sapporo, and was a bit of an innovation having such a large 4 cyl engine which was made possible through the use of balancers to cancel out vibration. It was subsequently licensed to other manufacturers. "...the big news for 1987 was the introduction of the limited edition GNX. Only available for 1987, the Buick GNX represents the height of Grand National performance. In a nod to the famous Buick GSXs of 1970-1972, the GNX logo featured a larger "X" than the other letters, just like the GSX logo. All GNXs began life as fully optioned Grand Nationals that immediately left the factory and were sent to ASC/McLaren Specialty Products in order to be extensively modified. "
"In June of 2001, the C5-R won the 24 Hours of LeMans in only its second attempt, finishing 1-2 in the GTS class. In 2002, the C5-R repeated its 1-2 victory at LeMans, and also dominated the GTS class in the American LeMans Series." The Corvette is America's supercar, for 2005 it was made smaller although unless you saw the 2004 side by side with it you may have difficulty noticing. Technically the Corvette is not a sports car, but a tourer, that's right a GT. "Strangely enough... the automatic-equipped SS Camaro, which is rated at 400 hp, runs from zero to 60 mph in just 4.6 seconds and through the quarter-mile in 13.3 seconds. "We optimized the shift points," he said...." |

0-60: 5.6 seconds
1/4 mile: 13.9 seconds

0-60: 6.3 seconds
1/4 mile: 14.1 seconds
2003 Ford Focus ZTS
0-60: 8.2 seconds
1/4 mile: 16.1 seconds
1989 Volvo 740 GLE auto
0-60: 9.6 seconds
1/4 mile: 17.2 seconds
1983 Chevrolet Cavalier
0-60: 13.1 seconds
1/4 mile: 19.1 seconds
1990 Eagle Talon TSi AWD
0-60: 6.8 seconds
1/4 mile: 15.1 seconds
1986 Honda Accord LXi
0-60: 9.8 seconds
1/4 mile: 17.3 seconds
1980 Mercury Cougar XR7
0-60: 11.1 seconds
1/4 mile: 18.0 seconds