Author: staff@jalopnik.com (Adrian Taylor)

Ah, the vaunted 0-to-60-mph test. Everyone knows and love (or detest) this automotive acceleration test metric -– even non-gearheads get the gist of why it exists. The prevailing wisdom is pretty straightforward: does a automotive leap off of the road quickly from a stop? Look up the 0-to-60 time, and also you (sort of) have your answer. The test has been used for many years by automakers, journalists, and consumers alike as a de facto standard by which a vehicle’s go-power is measured in a practical setting with slick, round numbers. But is that this really one of the best…