[declan]

>I believe this is the fastest production car under 300k that you can buy.

The 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S was tested by Car and Driver at 2.5 seconds 0-60, and it's ~$200K, depending on options: http://www.caranddriver.com/porsche/911-turbo-turbo-s

I suspect the 2015 Turbo S might be a bit quicker.

[beachstartup]

the new S is quicker than advertised, for two reasons:

1. next year's needs to be quicker on paper by a small margin

2. the 918 needs to be the fastest on paper by a large margin

what's remarkable about the S is it can do launch-controlled full throttle runs to 60 repeatedly. most other cars in this acceleration class (this new tesla, gt-r, veyron) are simply incapable of that, for various reasons.

well, maybe the veyron, but who really cares because it's ludicrous for other reasons.

[brobinson]

>simply incapable of that

The car computer actually prevents you from doing too many launches to avoid damaging the car.

I'm sure you've seen this, but it's amazing nonetheless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5DRCTW-Q7o

[brobinson]

Car and Driver got a 2.2 second 0-60 time on the 918, apparently.

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/the-2015-porsche-918-sp...