on the pontiac site, theres a link "see how we beat the competition" and it has the GTO running a 6.00 second 0-60. So is that the real time??

No, its much closer to 5.0

In that same comparo that was done the 05 Mustang GT ran a 6.3X or something like that in the 0-60 also.

The people testing the cars couldn't drive.

Pontiac quotes 4.6 and 4.7 for the auto and manual.

Don't believe that 6.0 is the 0-60 time for a second. Unless some grandma or hamfoot is driving it. :)

I've ridden in a GTO before, and the only person I know of that would take 6 seconds to get it to 60 mph would be my grandma. Other than that, I'd say the -5 sec. estimates hold a lot more truth :afro:

0-60's are really obsolete as far as comparing cars. If they are testing the car on a track then you can get a calculated 0-60 from the 1/8 mile. With 400hp the launch on the street will never hook so you have to figure in wheels spin into the equation. I have an '02 Mustang GT with a 4000 rpm torque converter. If I were to punch it from a dead stop say on a warm day when the street hooks better, I would spin my car right thru to 3rd gear. So even though I'm making alot of torque, the wheel spin would kill my 0-60.
However on the track, where they have the track prepped with VHT, I can punch the car and get 0 wheel spin and on slicks I can go 0-60 in under 5 seconds easy. I think calculated from my slips for the 1/8th mile, my 0-60 is about 4.6 secs at the track. If you guys went to the track with drag radials and you mashed it, you would also see a 0-60 well under 5 secs.But most of your muscle would show up after 60mph.
But let me tell you that you cannot use the 0-60 as a measure performance from one car to the next. You have to go atleast 1/8 mile to see which car is quicker. That would be more like a 0-85 mph race. So much happens after 60mph that you would be cheating yourself our of *all your HP* that you guys have after 60mph.
Traction is everything.
Also you get different tractions on different kinds of streets.Tires make a big difference too. I don't street race but you can get beat by a car with alot less hp if the other car has more traction. Also temp affects the traction also. You can go to a road on a warm day and get pretty good traction. But if you go to the same road on a colder day, you will just sit there and spin.
Take your cars to the track and you will see how well your cars do. You will be pleasently surprised!!!

sometimes spinning them is nice..go out on a cold morning about 55 degrees and from a dead stop, give it he ll... no wheelhop and a nice hazey cloud in the rear view mirror. It puts a happy face on ya :D