Every type of car is good at something — hypercars excel at top speed, dragsters at acceleration ... Much like the fastest car in a straight line, the fastest accelerating car is mainly a ...

Acceleration is shown by a straight rising line. Deceleration is shown by a straight falling line. Constant speed is shown by a horizontal line. A horizontal line along the \(\text{x}\)- ...

Here are the reigning champs in MotorTrend quarter-mile acceleration testing thus far. A quarter mile is a traditionally excellent way to measure a car’s speed and acceleration. Immortalized by both ...

Speed-time graphs show speed on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis. The gradient of a speed-time graph represents acceleration because: gradient = \( \frac {\text{change in y} ...

Son of a Gun — just what the Corvette needed, more power! Chevrolet has replaced last year's top-of-the-line 396-cu. in. engine with a 427. According to the factory, horsepower remains unchanged ...