2000 Honda S2000 Article at Automotive.com
»Locate a Dealer»Find a Used Car»Get Financing

Top 10 Highest Lateral G

Below is an enthusiast article written by the automotive experts at Sport Compact Car. Check out which ten cars pulled the top ten lateral-g results on the skidpad.
Find a Car
 
Text Size


Top 10 Highest Lateral G - Benchracing

Fueling Your Arguments With Our Data
Spoon Honda S2000 Front Right View

Disclaimer: All cars listed have been tested by Sport Compact Car on different days/tracks and under different atmospheric conditions. Complete data for every test may not exist for every single vehicle. Competitors in the Ultimate Street Car Challenge are not included when compiling this list. Stats are for general comparison only; they should not be used as any sort of directly comparable scientific data. In the case of similar numbers, the earlier test date is printed first.


Owner Car Quarter-mile Quarter-mile 0-60mph
    (secs.) trap speed (mph) acceleration (secs.)
Loren & Roseann Fancy PVP 250cc Superkart      
Erich Joiner Williams FW08C
Formula One racecar
Worldspeed Motorsports/Tom Hughes Jr. Pro Formula Mazda
Spoon Sports Honda S2000
racecar (AP1)
C-West Honda S2000
racecar (AP1)
Spoon Sports Honda Fit racecar 16.0 84.1 8.1
ForcedFed Performance Lotus Elise 12.5 114.0 4.4
Sport Compact Car Project Miata
(Avon slicks and aero)
     
Road/Race Engineering Mitsubishi Lancer
Evolution VIII
12.8 104.3 4.2
Calvin Wan Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) 12.5 117.0 4.5

Owner Car 0-100mph 80mph-0 braking   200-ft radius Issue
    acceleration (secs.) distance (feet) Lateral-g (g) fig-8 time (secs.) tested
Loren & Roseann Fancy PVP 250cc Superkart     1.39   Aug. 2007
Erich Joiner Williams FW08C
Formula One racecar
1.38   Aug. 2007
Worldspeed Motorsports/Tom Hughes Jr. Pro Formula Mazda 1.30   Aug. 2007
Spoon Sports Honda S2000
racecar (AP1)
1.17   Oct. 2002
C-West Honda S2000
racecar (AP1)
1.15   Aug. 2007
Spoon Sports Honda Fit racecar   208 1.09   June 2006
ForcedFed Performance Lotus Elise 10.1 180 1.08   June 2005
Sport Compact Car Project Miata
(Avon slicks and aero)
    1.08   Oct. 2005
Road/Race Engineering Mitsubishi Lancer
Evolution VIII
11.0   1.06   June 2004
Calvin Wan Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) 9.6 210 1.06 24.52 Sep. 2006

Related Articles

Astra-Based Car Almost Ready for Prime Time
Boxier Styling Cues Cribbed from GLK Playbook
BMW's First Small Hybrid Caught Testing
Just Smaller than a Jetta: Polo Four Door Begins to Take Shape
Edgy New Design to Reportedly Feature Bigger W-12 Engine, Tiny Turbodiesel
2000 Honda S2000