The time a vehicle takes to get from 0 to 60 mph is indicative of its ability to give the driver acceleration from a stop. This distance is calculated as the distance the vehicle will cover from the moment the driver stomps on the brakes until the vehicle comes to a complete stop. This number, expressed as a decimal number less than one, measures the percentage of 1 g-force that the car can generate before losing traction in a turn. All performance data is estimated when not provided by the manufacturer. The engine available on the base model.
Engines currently come in three types, which refer to cylinder configuration.
An inline engine has vertical cylinders lined up one right after the other. A v-type engine has angled cylinders lined up one right after the other. In a v-type engine, every cylinder is angled one of two ways, and the angle of any given cylinder is different than the one immediately preceding it. A horizontally-opposed engine is also known as a flat, or boxer, engine. Cylinders are horizontal rather than vertical, and point in the opposite of two directions every other cylinder.