What is the fastest accelerating production 1.6 litre naturally aspirated car from before 2015? Thanks!

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Hi all, having a discussion at work about this, what is the fastest accelerating production 1.6 litre naturally aspirated car from before 2015, needs to be hard top, would be for production class rally cross racing. Thanks!
 
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Does it need to be 1.6 litres (1550-1649cc) or can it be smaller?

I've got a 4.8-second 1.6, but also a 1.3 that's in the low threes.
 
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Does it need to be 1.6 litres (1550-1649cc) or can it be smaller?

I've got a 4.8-second 1.6, but also a 1.3 that's in the low threes
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Anything 1.6 and under. Please let me know both the above cars you've mentioned, very impressive times!
 
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Anything 1.6 and under. Please let me know both the above cars you've mentioned, very impressive times!
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Caterham Super 310 (2015) has a 1.6-litre engine, hits 60mph in 4.8s. Radical SR3 (2011) can use a 1.3-litre Suzuki Hayabusa engine for 0-60mph in 3.1s.

Both are road-legal, turnkey production cars.
 
Famine
Caterham Super 310 (2015) has a 1.6-litre engine, hits 60mph in 4.8s. Radical SR3 (2011) can use a 1.3-litre Suzuki Hayabusa engine for 0-60mph in 3.1s.

Both are road-legal, turnkey production cars.
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Thanks for the reply, am looking for cars that are not open top though, has to be solid top, looking more along the lines of a small hatchback.
 
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Thanks for the reply, am looking for cars that are not open top though, has to be solid top, looking more along the lines of a small hatchback.
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O... kay. Why so limiting - and why is that not part of the conditions in the first post? The Radical and Caterham are both fully road-legal production cars from 2015 or earlier with naturally aspirated, 1.6-litre (or less) engines, meeting the conditions you set.

Nixxing convertibles means no Mazda MX-5 (8.3s for the 1.5-litre ND), no Lotus Elan M100 (7.8s for the non-turbo 1.6), the third-gen Lotus Elise (6.0s for the 2010 1.6-litre) - and so on.

If you're arbitrarily disqualifying cars that meet your stated conditions, how is anyone supposed to give you a satisfactory answer? Someone may suggest an AWD car but you might want front-wheel drive only, or a Japanese-market car but you want official UK cars only. Give us all of the conditions you need rather than waiting for people to suggest cars you don't think are appropriate.

What's the goal here, aside from winning a discussion you're having with colleagues?
 
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O... kay. Why so limiting - and why is that not part of the conditions in the first post? The Radical and Caterham are both fully road-legal production cars from 2015 or earlier with naturally aspirated, 1.6-litre (or less) engines, meeting the conditions you set.

Nixxing convertibles means no Mazda MX-5 (8.3s for the 1.5-litre ND), no Lotus Elan M100 (7.8s for the non-turbo 1.6), the third-gen Lotus Elise (6.0s for the 2010 1.6-litre) - and so on.

If you're arbitrarily disqualifying cars that meet your stated conditions, how is anyone supposed to give you a satisfactory answer? Someone may suggest an AWD car but you might want front-wheel drive only, or a Japanese-market car but you want official UK cars only. Give us all of the conditions you need rather than waiting for people to suggest cars you don't think are appropriate.

What's the goal here, aside from winning a discussion you're having with colleagues?
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Okay sorry, there, have updated, basically it was a discussion we were having about the production class rallycross racing, what would be the quickest car off the line, needs to be naturally aspirated, 1.6litre or less, and hard topped and following other production class spec. Ultimately would be stripped bare inside to reduce weight.
 
laser198827
Okay sorry, there, have updated, basically it was a discussion we were having about the production class rallycross racing, what would be the quickest car off the line, needs to be naturally aspirated, 1.6litre or less, and hard topped and following other production class spec. Ultimately would be stripped bare inside to reduce weight.
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Convertibles are allowed in production rallycross, with the roof up or a hardtop fitted alongside the mandatory roll cage.


However, for hatchbacks you're looking at an EK Civic Jordan (UK) at 7.9 or imported Type R at 6.8, or the sibling Citroen Saxo VTS at 7.7 and Peugeot 106 GTI at 7.4.
 

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